Metabolic engineering of an alternative pathway for ascorbic acid biosynthesis in plants

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-78

  Jain, Ashok K ^b   Nessler, Craig L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; L gulono lactone oxidase; Lactuca sativa; Nicotiana tabacum; Plant metabolic engineering; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SYNTHESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESTERS; GENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ASCORBIC ACIDS (VITAMIN C); CDNA ENCODING; L(+)-ASCORBIC ACID; L-GULONO-Γ-LACTONE OXIDASE; LACTUCUM SATIVA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PLANT METABOLIC ENGINEERING; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO; VITAMIN C; Γ-LACTONE;

METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PRIMATES; TABACUM;

EID: 0033998243     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009680818138     Document Type: Article

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