Increase of the tocochromanol content in transgenic Brassica napus seeds by overexpression of key enzymes involved in prenylquinone biosynthesis

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-107

  Raclaru, Mirela ^a   Gruber, Jens ^b   Kumar, Rajeev ^b   Sadre, Radin ^b   Lühs, Wilfried ^a   Zarhloul, M Karim ^a   Friedt, Wolfgang ^a   Frentzen, Margrit ^b   Weier, Dagmar ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase; Brassica napus; Homogentisate phytyltransferase; Tocochromanol; Tocopherol cyclase; Transgenic rapeseed

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; OILS AND FATS; OILSEEDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

4-HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVATE DIOXYGENASE; BRASSICA NAPUS; CYCLASES; HOMOGENTISATE; HOMOGENTISATE PHYTYLTRANSFERASE; OVEREXPRESSIONS; TOCOCHROMANOLS; TOCOPHEROL CYCLASE; TRANSGENIC RAPESED; TRANSGENICS;

GENES;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 33748462096     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-006-9014-5     Document Type: Article

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