Silencing of the mitochondrial ascorbate synthesizing enzyme L-galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase affects plant and fruit development in tomato

Plant Physiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1408-1422

  Alhagdow, Moftah ^a   Mounet, Fabien ^a   Gilbert, Louise ^a   Nunes Nesi, Adriano ^b   Garcia, Virginie ^a   Just, Daniel ^a   Petit, Johann ^a   Beauvoit, Bertrand ^a   Fernie, Alisdair R ^b   Rothan, Christophe ^a   Baldet, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUITS; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VITAMINS;

ASCORBATE POOL; SILENCED TRANSGENIC TOMATO LINES; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 37249037493     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.106500     Document Type: Article

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