Purple as a tomato: towards high anthocyanin tomatoes

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 237-241

  Gonzali, Silvia ^a   Mazzucato, Andrea ^b   Perata, Pierdomenico ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN;

ANIMAL; DIET THERAPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; SHORT SURVEY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICE; NEOPLASMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ANTIRRHINUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUS;

EID: 65449158901     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.02.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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