Ectopic expression of a tomato 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase gene causes over-production of abscisic acid

Plant Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 363-374

  Thompson, Andrew J ^a   Jackson, Alison C ^a   Symonds, Rachael C ^c   Mulholland, Barry J ^a   Dadswell, A Ruth ^a   Blake, Patrick S ^b   Burbidge, Alan ^c   Taylor, Ian B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b HORTICULTURE RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

9 cis epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase; Abscisic acid; Guttation; Seed dormancy; Tetracycline inducible expression

Indexed keywords

9 EPOXYCAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE GENE; ABSCISIC ACID; ALLELE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHIMERIC GENE; DORMANCY; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT; NORFLURAZON; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

ABSCISIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OXYGENASES; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 0033855823     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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