Elevation of the provitamin A content of transgenic tomato plants

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 666-669

  Römer, Susanne ^a,b   Fraser, Paul D ^a   Kiano, Joy W ^a   Shipton, Cathie A ^c   Misawa, Norihiko ^d   Schuch, Wolfgang ^c   Bramley, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^d KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural biotechnology; Metabolic engineering; Nutriceuticals

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BETA CAROTENE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIVISION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE SILENCING; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UP-REGULATION; VITAMIN A;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TRIXIS;

EID: 0242436336     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/76523     Document Type: Article

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