Current strategies for vitamin E biofortification of crops

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 189-197

  Mène Saffrané, Laurent ^a   Pellaud, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CROPS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIOFORTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; MUTATION BREEDING; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS; TOCOTRIENOLS; VITAMIN-E;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; BETA TOCOPHEROL; BETA TOCOTRIENOL; CHLOROPHYLL; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; DELTA TOCOTRIENOL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; ISOPRENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFORTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE TARGETING; HGGT GENE; HPT GENE; MAIZE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOAVAILABILITY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; RAPESEED; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; TOBACCO; TRANSGENICS; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VTE GENE; CROP; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOFORTIFICATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HUMANS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 85015310934     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.01.007     Document Type: Review

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