Cultivation under salt stress increases the concentration of recombinant miraculin in transgenic tomato fruit, resulting in an increase in purification efficiency

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-392

  Hirai, Tadayoshi ^a   Duhita, Narendra ^a   Hiwasa Tanase, Kyoko ^a   Ezura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Miraculin; Purification; Salt stress; Transgenic tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 80053988284     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.11.0726a     Document Type: Article

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