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Diurnal Fluctuations in Steady-State mRNAs of Certain Chloroplast-Encoded Photosynthesis-Related Genes in Rice

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Existence of diurnal fluctuations at steady-state transcript level has been found for chloroplast-encoded genes psbA, psaA and rbcL in rice. Transcript levels are low in the morning, high in the noon and show a decline In the evening. The rhythm shows dampening with advancing age.

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  1. Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110 021, India

    M. Grover, S. C. Maheshwari & A. K. Tyagi

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Grover, M., Maheshwari, S.C. & Tyagi, A.K. Diurnal Fluctuations in Steady-State mRNAs of Certain Chloroplast-Encoded Photosynthesis-Related Genes in Rice. J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol. 5, 105–107 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03262992

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