Overexpression of the IbMYB1 gene in an orange-fleshed sweet potato cultivar produces a dual-pigmented transgenic sweet potato with improved antioxidant activity

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 525-537

  Park, Sung Chul ^a,b   Kim, Yun Hee ^c   Kim, Sun Ha ^a   Jeong, Yu Jeong ^a   Kim, Cha Young ^a   Lee, Joon Seol ^d   Bae, Ji Yeong ^c   Ahn, Mi Jeong ^c   Jeong, Jae Cheol ^a   Lee, Haeng Soon ^a,b   Kwak, Sang Soo ^a,b  

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

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^d National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; SWEET POTATO; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; IPOMOEA BATATAS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84924806993     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12281     Document Type: Article

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