Generation and properties of ascorbic acid-overproducing transgenic tobacco cells expressing sense RNA for l-galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase

Planta

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 854-863

  Tokunaga, Takaaki ^a   Miyahara, Katsunori ^a   Tabata, Kazufumi ^a   Esaka, Muneharu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell division; L Ascorbic acid; L Galactono 1,4 lactone dehydrogenase; Nicotiana tabacum; Oxidative stress; Senescence

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; RNA;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; DEAD CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

TOBACCO;

ASCORBIC ACID; GALACTONOLACTONE DEHYDROGENASE; HERBICIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PARAQUAT; PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MITOSIS INDEX; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASCORBIC ACID; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; HERBICIDES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOTIC INDEX; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PARAQUAT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO;

ASCORBIC ACID; CELLS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 18044364096     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1406-3     Document Type: Article

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