Modulation of stress-inducible ethylene biosynthesis by sense and antisense gene expression in tobacco

Plant Science

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-183

  Knoester, Marga ^a   Linthorst, Huub J M ^a   Bol, John F ^a   Van Loon, L C ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACC oxidase; ACC synthase; Antisense sense technology; Ethylene production; Nicotiana tabacum L.; Tobacco mosaic virus

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SYNTHETASE; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SILENCER GENE; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0030819393     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(97)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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