Increased α-tocopherol content in soybean seed overexpressing the Perilla frutescens γ-tocopherol methyltransferase gene

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-70

  Tavva, Venkata S ^a   Kim, Yul Ho ^b   Kagan, Isabelle A ^c   Dinkins, Randy D ^c   Kim, Kyung Hwan ^d   Collins, Glenn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b National Institute of Crop Science   (South Korea)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Tocopherol methyltransferase; HPLC; Lipid peroxidation; Perilla frutescens; Soybean; Transgenic plants; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; LIPIDS; SEED; VITAMINS;

LIPID PEROXIDATION; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; TOCOPHEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; VITAMIN E;

PHENOLS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOYBEANS; VITAMIN E;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; LIPIDS; SEEDS; SOY BEANS; TOCOPHEROLS;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; PERILLA FRUTESCENS;

EID: 33845672677     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0218-2     Document Type: Article

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