@article{a0328ef5607e472d874825de7c0cb898,
title = "Chlorophyll deficiency caused by a specific blockage of the C5-pathway in seedlings of virescent mutant rice",
abstract = "Temperature-sensitive mutants of rice, designated virescent (v1, v2 and v3), develop chlorophyll-deficient leaves at a restrictive temperature (20°C) but develop nearly normal green leaves at a permissive temperature (30°C). Analysis of the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway in the virescent mutants indicated that the chlorophyll deficiency at the restrictive temperature was due to specific blockage of the C5-pathway. Northern analysis suggested that the chlorophyll deficiency in the virescent mutants was caused by specific inhibition of the expression of chloroplast tRNAGlu.",
keywords = "C5-pathway, Chlorophyll synthesis, Chloroplast development, Rice, Virescent mutation, tRNAGlu",
author = "Kensuke Kusumi and Hitoshi Inada and Kawabata, {Shun Ichiro} and Koh Iba and Mitsuo Nishimura",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank Prof. H. Satoh of the Institute of Genetic Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, for providing the seeds of O. sativa; Prof. A. Hirai of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, for providing the trnE gene; and Prof. S. Iwanaga for amino acid analysis. The authors are also grateful to Prof. N. Iwata of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, for helpful discussions. This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (no. 05266214 to K. I.) from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan, and in part by the Sumitomo Foundation. K. K. is the recipient of a scholarship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.",
year = "1994",
language = "English",
volume = "35",
pages = "445--449",
journal = "Plant and Cell Physiology",
issn = "0032-0781",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "3",
}