Agronomic performance and transcriptional analysis of carotenoid biosynthesis in fruits of transgenic HighCaro and control tomato lines under field conditions

Transgenic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-28

  Giorio, Giovanni ^a   Stigliani, Adriana Lucia ^a   D'Ambrosio, Caterina ^a  

^a Metapontum Agrobios   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Genetically modified tomato; Lycopene beta cyclase; Open field evaluation; Quantitative real time PCR analysis

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUIT; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; DNA, PLANT; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; ITALY; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 33846080714     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-9025-3     Document Type: Article

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