GLYCOALKALOID METABOLISM1 is required for steroidal alkaloid glycosylation and prevention of phytotoxicity in tomato

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4507-4525

  Itkin, Maxim ^a,b   Rogachev, Ilana ^a   Alkan, Noam ^a,b   Rosenberg, Tally ^c   Malitsky, Sergey ^a   Masini, Laura ^d   Meir, Sagit ^a   Iijima, Yoko ^e,f   Aoki, Koh ^e   de Vos, Ric ^d   Prusky, Dov ^b   Burdman, Saul ^c   Beekwilder, Jules ^d   Aharoni, Asaph ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f KANAGAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 84856455729     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.088732     Document Type: Article

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