Over-expression of LeNCED1 in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) with the rbcS3C promoter allows recovery of lines that accumulate very high levels of abscisic acid and exhibit severe phenotypes

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 968-981

  Tung, Swee Ang ^a   Smeeton, Rachel ^a   White, Charlotte A ^a   Black, Colin R ^a   Taylor, Ian B ^a   Hilton, Howard W ^b   Thompson, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

9 cis epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase; Chlorosis; Guttation; Ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase oxgenase promoter; Seed dormancy

Indexed keywords

9 CIS EPOXY CAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE; 9-CIS-EPOXY-CAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE; ABSCISIC ACID; OXYGENASE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

ABSCISIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; SEED DORMANCY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SYMPTOM; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TOMATO; TRANSGENE;

ABSCISIC ACID; GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OXYGENASES; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TRANSGENES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 44949123680     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01812.x     Document Type: Article

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