Expression of a bacterial carotene hydroxylase gene (crtZ) enhances UV tolerance in tobacco

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 129-142

  Götz, Thomas ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^b   Römer, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

carotene hydroxylase; Carotenoids; Lipid peroxidation; Nicotiana tabacum L.; Transgenic plants; UV tolerance; Xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; IRRADIATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOPRODUCTIVITIES;

TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; ERWINIA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PANTOEA ANANATIS;

BETA CAROTENE HYDROXYLASE; BETA-CAROTENE HYDROXYLASE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PLANT RNA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENZYMOLOGY; ERWINIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; ERWINIA; ETHANE; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOTYPE; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0035984372     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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