biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 46:125-127, 2003 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1022355525907

Chlorophyllase Activity and Chlorophyll Content in Wild and Mutant Plants of Arabidopsis thaliana

D.T. Todorov1, E.N. Karanov1, A.R. Smith2, M.A. Hall2
1 Institute of Plant Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia, Bulgaria
2 Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Ceredigion, Aberystwyth, UK

The activity of chlorophyllase in wild type (WT) was higher than in ethylene insensitive mutant (eti 5) of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh plants during the vegetative period. Chlorophyll content in eti 5 leaves was higher than in WT but the difference decreased by the end of the experimental period.

Keywords: ethylene insensitive mutant; leaf age
Subjects: Arabidopsis thaliana; chlorophyll, in wild and mutant Arabidopsis; chlorophyllase; ethylene insensitive mutant of Arabidopsis; leaf age, chlorophyllase; mutant, ethylene-insensitive, Arabidopsis

Prepublished online: March 1, 2003; Published: July 1, 2003  Show citation

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Todorov, D.T., Karanov, E.N., Smith, A.R., & Hall, M.A. (2003). Chlorophyllase Activity and Chlorophyll Content in Wild and Mutant Plants of Arabidopsis thaliana. Biologia plantarum, 46(1), 125-127. doi: 10.1023/A:1022355525907
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