High levan accumulation in transgenic tobacco plants expressing the Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus levansucrase gene

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-98

  Banguela, Alexander ^a,b   Arrieta, Juan G ^a   Rodríguez, Raisa ^a,b   Trujillo, Luis E ^a   Menéndez, Carmen ^a   Hernández, Lázaro ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones en Fruticultura Tropical IIFT   (Cuba)

Author keywords

FOS; Fructan; Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus; Levan; Levansucrase; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

FOS; FRUCTANS; GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; LEVAN; LEVANSUCRASE; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO;

BACTERIOLOGY; FOOD ADDITIVES; GENES; POLYMERS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TOBACCO;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LEVAN; LEVANSUCRASE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; FLOWER; GLUCONACETOBACTER; GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; LSDA GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT AGE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC CROP;

ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FLOWERS; FRUCTANS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCONACETOBACTER; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERIZATION; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VACUOLES;

ALLIUM CEPA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79957523820     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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