Reducing AsA Leads to Leaf Lesion and Defence Response in Knock-Down of the AsA Biosynthetic Enzyme GDP-D-Mannose Pyrophosphorylase Gene in Tomato Plant

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Chanjuan ^a   Ouyang, Bo ^a   Yang, Changxian ^a   Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Zhang, Yuyang ^a   Zhang, Junhong ^a   Li, Hanxia ^a   Ye, Zhibiao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE DEXTRO MANNOSE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOENZYME; MANNOSE 1-PHOSPHATE GUANYLYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GMP GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SENESCENCE; TOMATO; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

ASCORBIC ACID; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 84876574246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061987     Document Type: Article

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