Transgenic tomato plant carrying a gene for NADP-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase (gdhA) from Aspergillus nidulans

Plant Science

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-42

  Kisaka, Hiroaki ^a   Kida, Takao ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Aspergillus nidulans; Fruits; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Lycopersicon esculentum L.

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; FRUITS; FUNGI; GENES; RNA; VIRUSES;

TRANSGENIC LINES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS;

EID: 0037212248     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(02)00325-4     Document Type: Article

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