A role for TIC55 as a hydroxylase of Phyllobilins, the products of chlorophyll breakdown during plant senescence

Plant Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2510-2527

  Hauenstein, Mareike ^a   Christ, Bastien ^a,b   Das, Aditi ^a   Aubry, Sylvain ^a   Hörtensteiner, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL;

AGING; ARABIDOPSIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPHYLL;

EID: 84995493968     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00630     Document Type: Article

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