Generation of transgenic tobacco plants with enhanced tocotrienol levels through the ectopic expression of rice homogentisate geranylgeranyl transferase

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 233-238

  Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Yabuta, Yukinori ^b   Tamoi, Masahiro ^a   Tanabe, Noriaki ^a   Shigeoka, Shigeru ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Homogentisate geranylgeranyl transferase; Tocotrienol; Transgenic tobacco; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945895735     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.15.0702a     Document Type: Article

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