Importance of the L-galactonolactone pool for enhancing the ascorbate content revealed by L-galactonolactone dehydrogenase-overexpressing tobacco plants

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-112

  Imai, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Niwa, Mamiko ^c   Ban, Yusuke ^d   Hirai, Masashi ^a,e   Ôba, Kazuko ^c   Moriguchi, Takaya ^b,d  

^a National Agriculture and Food Research Organization   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

L Ascorbate; L Galactonolactone; L Galactonolactone dehydrogenase; Overexpression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CDNA ENCODING; IN PLANTS; L-ASCORBATE; L-GALACTONOLACTONE; L-GALACTONOLACTONE DEHYDROGENASE; LEAF DISCS; OVEREXPRESSION; PROTEIN BLOTS; PROTEIN CONTENTS; SWEET POTATOES; TOBACCO PLANTS; TRANSGENIC LINES;

ENZYMES;

AGROBACTERIUM; IPOMOEA BATATAS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 57049146312     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-008-9466-x     Document Type: Article

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