Overexpression of the enzyme p-hydroxyphenolpyruvate dioxygenase in Arabidopsis and its relation to tocopherol biosynthesis

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 913-920

  Tsegaye, Yoseph ^a   Shintani, David K ^a   DellaPenna, Dean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Arabidopsis thaliana; Herbicide resistance; Homogentisic acid; p Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase; Tocopherol; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVATE DIOXYGENASE; 4 HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; HERBICIDE; HOMOGENTISIC ACID; PLASTOQUINONE; SULCOTRIONE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HERBICIDE TOLERANCE; PLANT SEED; WILD TYPE;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0036857709     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(02)01461-4     Document Type: Article

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