GDP-d-mannose 3,5-epimerase (GME) plays a key role at the intersection of ascorbate and non-cellulosic cell-wall biosynthesis in tomato

Plant Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 499-508

  Gilbert, Louise ^a   Alhagdow, Moftah ^a,f   Nunes Nesi, Adriano ^b   Quemener, Bernard ^c   Guillon, Fabienne ^c   Bouchet, Brigitte ^c   Faurobert, Mireille ^d   Gouble, Barbara ^e   Page, David ^e   Garcia, Virginie ^a   Petit, Johann ^a   Stevens, Rebecca ^d   Causse, Mathilde ^d   Fernie, Alisdair R ^b   Lahaye, Marc ^c   Rothan, Christophe ^a   Baldet, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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

^c INRA   (France)

^d Researches Center of Avignon   (France)

^e UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Cell wall; GDP d mannose 3,5 epimerase; Solanum lycopersicum; Tomato fruit

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; EPIMERASE; GDPMANNOSE 3,5 EPIMERASE; GDPMANNOSE 3,5-EPIMERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYSACCHARIDES; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 70350498680     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03972.x     Document Type: Article

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