Inhibiting expression of a tomato ripening-associated membrane protein increases organic acids and reduces sugar levels of fruit

Planta

Volumn 212, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 799-807

  Chen, Guo Ping ^a   Wilson, Ian D ^a   Kim, Seog Hyung ^a   Grierson, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisense gene; Aquaporin; Lycopersicon (aquaporin); Organic acid; Sugar; Transgenic tomato

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; CDNA CLONE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; FRUCTOSE; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; INHERITANCE; MALIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIPENING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AQUAPORINS; CITRATES; DNA, ANTISENSE; FRUIT; HEXOSES; ION CHANNELS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALATES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOSACCHARIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035038056     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250000431     Document Type: Article

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