Seed specific expression of perilla γ-tocopherol methyltransferase gene increases α-tocopherol content in transgenic perilla (Perilla frutescens)

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-54

  Lee, Byoung Kyu ^a   Kim, Sun Lim ^a   Kim, Kyung Hwan ^b   Yu, Seung Hee ^a   Lee, Sang Chul ^c   Zhang, Zhanyuan ^d   Kim, Myung Sik ^b   Park, Hyang Mi ^a   Lee, Jang Yong ^a  

^a National Institute of Crop Science   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

tocopherol; tocopherol; Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Perilla; Seed specific expression

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROPS; ENZYMES; GAMMA RAYS; GENE EXPRESSION; NUTRITION;

AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION; NUTRITIONAL VALUES; PERILLA; SEED SPECIFIC EXPRESSION; TOCOPHEROLS;

SEED;

AGROBACTERIUM; ANIMALIA; PERILLA; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 36749040910     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-007-9301-9     Document Type: Article

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