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Defect in non-yellow coloring 3, an alpha/beta hydrolase-fold family protein, causes a stay-green phenotype during leaf senescence in rice.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Sept 2009
Morita Ryouhei, Sato Yutaka, Masuda Yu, Nishimura Minoru, Kusaba Makoto
Abstract excerpt
Chlorophyll degradation is an important phenomenon in the senescence process. It is necessary for the degradation of certain chlorophyll-protein complexes and thylakoid membranes during leaf senescence. Mutants retaining greenness during leaf senescence are known as 'stay-green' mutants. Non-functional type stay-green mutants, which possess defects in chlorophyll degradation, retain greenness but not leaf...
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