Accumulation of isoflavone genistin in transgenic tomato plants overexpressing a soybean isoflavone synthase gene

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 5655-5661

  Shih, Chun Hat ^a   Chen, Yuanling ^a   Wang, Mingfu ^a   Chu, Ivan K ^a   Lo, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Genistin; Isoflavone synthase; Metabolic engineering; Transgenic tomato

Indexed keywords

GENISTIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; ISOFLAVONE SYNTHASE; OXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; SOYBEAN; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOFLAVONES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OXYGENASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOYBEANS;

CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; GLYCINE MAX; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 49049088706     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf800423u     Document Type: Article

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