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Photosynthetic pigments, photosynthesis and plastid ultrastructure in RbcS antisense DNA mutants of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum).
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, Journal of biosciences - 1 Jan 2000
Schoefs B, Darko E, Rodermel S
Abstract excerpt
RbcS antisense DNA mutants of tobacco have reduced amounts of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (Rubisco). We found that carotenoid and chlorophyll contents decrease in parallel as Rubisco is decreased, however, pigment levels are not significantly altered until Rubisco levels are reduced sharply. The mutants have normal Chl a/Chl b ratios and normal plastid ultrastructures, suggesting that reductions...
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