Overexpression of SlGMEs leads to ascorbate accumulation with enhanced oxidative stress, cold, and salt tolerance in tomato

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-398

  Zhang, Chanjuan ^a   Liu, Junxia ^a   Zhang, Yuyang ^a   Cai, Xiaofeng ^a   Gong, Pengjuan ^a   Zhang, Junhong ^a   Wang, Taotao ^a   Li, Hanxia ^a   Ye, Zhibiao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Ascorbic acid; GDP Mannose 3 ,5 epimerase; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; EPIMERASE; GDPMANNOSE 3,5 EPIMERASE; GDPMANNOSE 3,5-EPIMERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLD; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; HALOPHYTE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CHLOROPHYLL; COLD TEMPERATURE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALLIUM CEPA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 79751526647     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0939-0     Document Type: Article

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