Engineering plants with increased levels of the antioxidant chlorogenic acid

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 746-754

  Niggeweg, Ricarda ^a,c   Michael, Anthony J ^b   Martin, Cathie ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CROPS; FOOD PRODUCTS; MEDICINE; NUTRITION;

CHLOROGENIC ACID; FUNCTIONAL FOODS; PHENOLICS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHLOROGENIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYDROXYCINNAMOYL COENZYME A QUINATE:HYDROXYCINNAMOYL TRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO; TOMATO;

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLOROGENIC ACID; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROLYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KINETICS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; QUINIC ACID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 2542522335     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt966     Document Type: Article

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