High-flavonol tomatoes resulting from the heterologous expression of the maize transcription factor genes LC and C1

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2509-2526

  Bovy, Arnaud ^a   De Vos, Ric ^a   Kemper, Mark ^a   Schijlen, Elio ^a   Almenar Pertejo, Maria ^a   Muir, Shelagh ^a   Collins, Geoff ^a   Robinson, Sue ^a   Verhoeyen, Martine ^a   Hughes, Steve ^a   Santos Buelga, Celestino ^a   Van Tunen, Arjen ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLITES; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; TISSUE;

FLAVONOIDS;

CROPS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036801705     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.004218     Document Type: Article

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