Cloning and characterization of an Orange gene that increases carotenoid accumulation and salt stress tolerance in transgenic sweetpotato cultures

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 445-454

  Kim, Sun Ha ^a   Ahn, Young Ock ^a   Ahn, Mi Jeong ^b   Jeong, Jae Cheol ^a   Lee, Haeng Soon ^a   Kwak, Sang Soo ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Metabolic engineering; Orange gene (IbOr); Salt stress; Sweetpotato

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ABSCISIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; XANTHOPHYLL;

Β-CAROTENE HYDROXYLASES; 9-CIS-EPOXYCAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE; ABA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAMV; CAROTENOID ISOMERASE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CHY-Β; CRTISO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GFP; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HM; LCY-Β; LYCOPENE Β-CYCLASE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NCED; NON-TRANSGENIC; NT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORANGE GENE (IBOR); PFTF; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; PLASTID FUSION/TRANSLOCATION FACTOR; PSY; ROS; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SHINHWANGMI; SHINZAMI; SWEET POTATO; SWEETPOTATO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; YM; YULMI; ZM;

Β-CAROTENE HYDROXYLASES; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 9-CIS-EPOXYCAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE; ABA; ABSCISIC ACID; CAMV; CAROTENOID; CAROTENOID ISOMERASE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CHY-Β; CRTISO; DPPH; GFP; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HM; HPLC; LCY-Β; LYCOPENE Β-CYCLASE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NCED; NON-TRANSGENIC; NT; ORANGE GENE (IBOR); PFTF; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PLASTID FUSION/TRANSLOCATION FACTOR; PSY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ROS; SALT STRESS; SHINHWANGMI; SHINZAMI; SWEETPOTATO; YM; YULMI; ZM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CAROTENE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LUTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84880287760     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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