Engineered polyamine accumulation in tomato enhances phytonutrient content, juice quality, and vine life

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 613-618

  Mehta, Roshni A ^a   Cassol, Tatiana ^a   Li, Ning ^b   Ali, Nasreen ^a   Handa, Avtar K ^c   Mattoo, Autar K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ETHYLENE; FRUITS; GENES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); YEAST;

POLYAMINE ACCUMULATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ETHYLENE; LYCOPENE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; CAROTENOID; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUIT JUICE; FRUIT RIPENING; PHYTONUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TOMATO; BEVERAGE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; BEVERAGES; CAROTENOIDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYAMINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035984718     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0602-613     Document Type: Article

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