Reduction of cholesterol and glycoalkaloid levels in transgenic potato plants by overexpression of a type 1 sterol methyltransferase cDNA

Plant Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1792-1799

  Arnqvist, Lisa ^a   Dutta, Paresh C ^a   Jonsson, Lisbeth ^b   Sitbon, Folke ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL; DNA; ESTERIFICATION;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GLYCINE MAX; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0344942508     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.018788     Document Type: Article

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