Generation and characterization of a collection of knock-down lines for the chloroplast Clp protease complex in tobacco

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 2199-2218

  Moreno, Juan C ^b   Tiller, Nadine ^a   Diez, Mercedes ^a   Karcher, Daniel ^a   Tillich, Michael ^a   Schöttler, Mark A ^a   Bock, Ralph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; CLP protease; Leaf development; Nicotiana tabacum; Photosynthesis; Plastid; Protease; Protein degradation; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ENZYMOLOGY; GENE KNOCKDOWN; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOBACCO;

ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO;

EID: 85021971771     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx066     Document Type: Article

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