Down-regulation of cinnamoyl-CoA reductase in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) induces dramatic changes in soluble phenolic pools

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1399-1411

  Van Der Rest, Benoît ^a   Danoun, Saïda ^a   Boudet, Alain Michel ^a   Rochange, Soizic F ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cinnamoyl CoA reductase; Flavonoid; Hydroxycinnamate; Lignin; Phenolic; Solanum lycopersicum; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; PHENOLS; SOLUBILITY;

CINNAMOYL-COA REDUCTASE; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYCINNAMATE; PHENOLIC; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM;

FRUITS;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIOXIDANT; CINNAMOYL COA REDUCTASE; LIGNIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOLUBILITY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANTIOXIDANTS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGNIN; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOLS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOLUBILITY;

BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUITS; GENES; PHENOLS; SOLUBILITY;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM;

EID: 33645748727     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj120     Document Type: Article

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