Genetic Modification of the Soybean to Enhance the β-Carotene Content through Seed-Specific Expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Mi Jin ^a   Kim, Jae Kwang ^b   Kim, Hye Jeong ^a   Pak, Jung Hun ^a   Lee, Jai Heon ^a   Kim, Doh Hoon ^a   Choi, Hong Kyu ^a   Jung, Ho Won ^a   Lee, Jeong Dong ^c   Chung, Young Soo ^a   Ha, Sun Hwa ^b  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PHYTOSTEROL; TOCOPHEROL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENDOSPERM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SHOOT GROWTH; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SOYBEAN; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSGENIC CROP;

AGROBACTERIUM; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYTOSTEROLS; PIGMENTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SOYBEANS; TOCOPHEROLS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

AGROBACTERIUM; CAPSICUM; GLYCINE MAX; PANTOEA;

EID: 84868273005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048287     Document Type: Article

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