Transcriptional regulation of tocopherol biosynthesis in tomato

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-325

  Quadrana, Leandro ^a   Almeida, Juliana ^b   Otaiza, Santiago N ^c   Duffy, Tomas ^a   da Silva, Junia V Corrêa ^b   de Godoy, Fabiana ^b   Asís, Ramon ^c   Bermúdez, Luisa ^b   Fernie, Alisdair R ^d   Carrari, Fernando ^a   Rossi, Magdalena ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metabolism; Tocopherol; Tomato; Transcriptional regulation; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84872597359     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-012-0001-4     Document Type: Article

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