A physical, enzymatic, and genetic characterization of perturbations in the seeds of the brownseed tomato mutants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 399, 2004, Pages 961-973

  Downie, A Bruce ^a   Dirk, Lynnette M A ^a   Xu, Qilong ^a   Drake, Jennifer ^a   Zhang, Deqing ^a   Dutt, Manjul ^a   Butterfield, Alan ^a   Geneve, Robert R ^a   Corum III, J Willis ^a   Lindstrom, Karl G ^a   Snyder, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalase; Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR); Free radicals; Germination; Lycopersicon esculentum; Macro array; Peroxidase; Seed; Subtractive suppressive PCR; Testa

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ENZYMES; FREE RADICALS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OXYGEN;

MUTANTS; MUTATIONS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS); SEED GERMINATION;

SEED;

ANTHOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETICS; GERMINATION; KINETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; TOMATO;

ANTHOCYANINS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GERMINATION; KINETICS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SEEDS;

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 2442485783     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh112     Document Type: Article

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