Arachidonic acid alters tomato HMG expression and fruit growth and induces 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase-independent lycopene accumulation

Plant Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-48

  Rodríguez Concepción, Manuel ^a   Gruissem, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ISOPRENOID; LYCOPENE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0038086290     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.119.1.41     Document Type: Article

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