Functional validation of Capsicum frutescens aminotransferase gene involved in vanillylamine biosynthesis using Agrobacterium mediated genetic transformation studies in Nicotiana tabacum and Capsicum frutescens calli cultures

Plant Science

Volumn 195, Issue , 2012, Pages 96-105

  Gururaj, Harishchandra B ^a   Padma, Mallaya N ^a   Giridhar, Parvatam ^a   Ravishankar, Gokare A ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Calli transformation; Capsicum frutescens; PAMT silencing; Putative aminotransferase; Sense and antisense

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BENZYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; VANILLYLAMINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PEPPER; PLANT GENE; RHIZOBIUM; TOBACCO; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGROBACTERIUM; BENZYLAMINES; CAPSICUM; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO; TRANSAMINASES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84864040822     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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