Engineering increased vitamin C levels in plants by overexpression of a D-galacturonic acid reductase

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-181

  Agius, Fernanda ^a   González Lamothe, Rocío ^a   Caballero, José L ^b   Muñoz Blanco, Juan ^b   Botella, Miguel A ^a   Valpuesta, Victoriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CORRELATION METHODS; FRUITS; GENES; NUTRITION; ORGANIC ACIDS; VITAMINS;

VITAMIN C;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ASCORBIC ACID; GALACTURONIC ACID REDUCTASE; PECTIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; FRUIT RIPENING; GALUR GENE; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; STRAWBERRY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VEGETABLE;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FRAGARIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NADP; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0346668132     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt777     Document Type: Article

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