Transgenic rice (Oryza sativa) endosperm expressing daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) phytoene synthase accumulates phytoene, a key intermediate of provitamin A biosynthesis

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1071-1078

  Burkhardt, Peter K ^a   Beyer, Peter ^c   Wünn, Joachim ^a   Klöti, Andreas ^a   Armstrong, Gregory A ^b   Schledz, Michael ^c   Von Lintig, Johannes ^c   Potrykus, Ingo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Plant Genetics   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; PHYTOENE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PIGMENT; RETINOL; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS BREEDING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BETA CAROTENE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAROTENOIDS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORYZA SATIVA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; TRANSFERASES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0031149806     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11051071.x     Document Type: Article

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