Functional characterization of the Gentiana lutea zeaxanthin epoxidase (GlZEP) promoter in transgenic tomato plants

Transgenic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1043-1056

  Yang, Qingjie ^a   Yuan, Dawei ^b   Shi, Lianxuan ^a   Capell, Teresa ^b   Bai, Chao ^b   Wen, Nuan ^a   Lu, Xiaodan ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^c   Christou, Paul ^b,d   Zhu, Changfu ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glucuronidase; Carotenoid; Chromoplast; Gentiana lutea; Promoter; Transgenic tomato; Zeaxanthin epoxidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CAROTENOID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; ZEAXANTHIN EPOXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENTIAN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; PLASTID; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CAROTENOIDS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GENTIANA; GLUCURONIDASE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

GENTIANA; GENTIANA LUTEA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84865999726     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-012-9591-5     Document Type: Article

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