Overexpression of a bacterial 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase gene in potato tubers perturbs the isoprenoid metabolic network: Implications for the control of the tuber life cycle

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3007-3018

  Morris, Wayne L ^a   Ducreux, Laurence J M ^a   Hedden, Peter ^b   Millam, Steve ^a,c   Taylor, Mark A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 deoxy D xylulose 5 phosphate synthase; Cytokinin; Dormancy; Isoprenoid; Potato; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXY D XYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CYTOKININ; DORMANCY; ISOPRENOID; SPROUTING;

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENES;

ABSCISIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAROTENOID; CYTOKININ; DEOXYXYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; DEOXYXYLULOSE-5-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GIBBERELLIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PHYTOHORMONE; TERPENE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT TUBER; PLASTID; POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; CYTOKININS; GIBBERELLINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT TUBERS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TERPENES; TRANSFERASES; UP-REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33748990309     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl061     Document Type: Article

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