Overexpression of yeast spermidine synthase impacts ripening, senescence and decay symptoms in tomato

Plant Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 836-847

  Nambeesan, Savithri ^a,d   Datsenka, Tatsiana ^a   Ferruzzi, Mario G ^a   Malladi, Anish ^b   Mattoo, Autar K ^c   Handa, Avtar K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fruit ripening; polyamines; shelf life; shriveling; tomato; transgenic

Indexed keywords

FRUIT RIPENING; POLYAMINES; SHELF LIFE; SHRIVELING; TOMATO; TRANSGENICS;

AMINES; ETHYLENE; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); YEAST;

FRUITS;

CAROTENOID; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; LYCOPENE; PUTRESCINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SPERMINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; TOMATO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CAROTENOIDS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PUTRESCINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SPERMINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 77956074632     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04286.x     Document Type: Article

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