A sweetpotato geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase gene, ibggps, increases carotenoid content and enhances osmotic stress tolerance in arabidopsis thaliana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Wei ^a   He, Shaozhen ^a   Liu, Degao ^b   Patil, Gunvant B ^a   Zhai, Hong ^b   Wang, Feibing ^a   Stephenson, Troy J ^b   Wang, Yannan ^b   Wang, Bing ^b   Valliyodan, Babu ^a   Nguyen, Henry T ^a   Liu, Qingchang ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MACROGOL; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHOPHYLL; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GGPS GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ONION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLANT EPIDERMIS CELL; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SWEET POTATO; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERANYLGERANYL-DIPHOSPHATE GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84945917591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137623     Document Type: Article

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