Suppression of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transaminases induces prominent GABA accumulation, dwarfism and infertility in the tomato (solanum lycopersicum L.)

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 793-807

  Koike, Satoshi ^a   Matsukura, Chiaki ^a   Takayama, Mariko ^a   Asamizu, Erika ^a   Ezura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dwarfism; Fruit; GABA; GABA TP TG; Infertility; Tomato

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DWARFISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; FRUIT; GABA-TP/TG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DWARFISM; FRUIT; GABA; GABA-TP/TG; INFERTILITY; TOMATO;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; AMINO ACIDS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 84877947489     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct035     Document Type: Article

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