Constitutively expressed DHAR and MDHAR influence fruit, but not foliar ascorbate levels in tomato

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1244-1249

  Haroldsen, Victor M ^a   Chi Ham, Cecilia L ^a   Kulkarni, Shashank ^b   Lorence, Argelia ^b   Bennett, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; DHAR; MDHAR; Tomato; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE DEHYDROGENASE (ASCORBATE); MONODEHYDROASCORBATE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; POLLINATION; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAYS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; LIGHT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLINATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 80053210251     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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