A ζ-carotene desaturase gene, IbZDS, increases β-carotene and lutein contents and enhances salt tolerance in transgenic sweetpotato

Plant Science

Volumn 262, Issue , 2017, Pages 39-51

  Li, Ruijie ^a   Kang, Chen ^a   Song, Xuejin ^a   Yu, Ling ^a   Liu, Degao ^a   He, Shaozhen ^a   Zhai, Hong ^a   Liu, Qingchang ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

IbZDS; Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.; Lutein content; Salt tolerance; Sweetpotato; Carotene content

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; BETA CAROTENE; CATALASE; DELTA-1-PYRROLINE-5-CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE; PLANT PROTEIN; PYRROLINE 5 CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHOPHYLL;

DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SALT TOLERANCE; SWEET POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASES; BETA CAROTENE; CATALASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LUTEIN; PEROXIDASE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PYRROLINE CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASES; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 85020379857     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: 18732259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.05.014     Document Type: Article

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