Fruit-specific RNAi-mediated suppression of DET1 enhances carotenoid and flavonoid content in tomatoes

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 890-895

  Davuluri, Ganga Rao ^a   Van Tuinen, Ageeth ^a,f   Fraser, Paul D ^b   Manfredonia, Alessandro ^a   Newman, Robert ^c,g   Burgess, Diane ^c   Brummell, David A ^c,h   King, Stephen R ^d,i   Palys, Joe ^d   Uhlig, John ^d   Bramley, Peter M ^b   Pennings, Henk M J ^d   Bowler, Chris ^a,e  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DNA Plant Technology   (United States)

^d Seminis Vegetable Seeds   (United States)

^e ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g Verdia Inc   (United States)

^h THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; HEALTH CARE; NUTRITION;

CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS;

RNA;

CAROTENOID; FLAVANOID; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FLAVONOID; TDET1 PROTEIN, LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DET1 GENE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; PHYTONUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOMATO; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FRUITS; HEALTH; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUTRITION;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

CAROTENOIDS; DOWN-REGULATION; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 24944458070     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1108     Document Type: Article

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