An ancient bacterial signaling pathway regulates chloroplast function to influence growth and development in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 661-679

  Sugliani, Matteo ^a,b,c   Abdelkefi, Hela ^a,b,c,d   Ke, Hang ^a,b,c   Bouveret, Emmanuelle ^a   Robaglia, Christophe ^a,b,c   Caffarri, Stefano ^a,b,c   Field, Ben ^a,b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL AGING; CHLOROPLAST; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL AGING; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; GENES, REPORTER; GUANOSINE PENTAPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84962789021     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00045     Document Type: Article

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