Engineering tocopherol biosynthetic pathway in Arabidopsis leaves and its effect on antioxidant metabolism

Plant Science

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-320

  Li, Yin ^a   Zhou, Yin ^a   Wang, Zinan ^a   Sun, Xiaofen ^a   Tang, Kexuan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Biosynthetic pathway; Halliwell Asada cycle; Over expression; Tocopherol; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77349102684     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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