GmTMT2a from soybean elevates the α-tocopherol content in corn and Arabidopsis

Transgenic Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1021-1028

  Zhang, Lan ^a   Luo, Yanzhong ^a   Zhu, Yongxing ^b   Zhang, Liang ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Chen, Rumei ^a   Xu, Miaoyun ^a   Fan, Yunliu ^a   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Tocopherol methyltransferase ( TMT); Glycine Max; GmTMT2a; Maize; Tocopherol; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84884588025     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-013-9713-8     Document Type: Article

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