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Changes in melatonin levels in transgenic 'Micro-Tom' tomato overexpressing ovine AANAT and ovine HIOMT genes.
Journal of pineal research - 1 Mar 2014
Wang Lin, Zhao Yu, Reiter Russel J, He Changjiu, Liu Guoshi, Lei Qiong, Zuo Bixiao, Zheng Xiao Dong, Li Qingtian, Kong Jin
Abstract excerpt
In animals, the melatonin biosynthesis pathway has been well defined after the isolation and identification of the four key genes that are involved in the conversion of tryptophan to melatonin. In plants, there are special alternative catalyzing steps, and plant genes share very low homology with the animal genes. It was of interest to examine the phenotype of transgenic Micro-Tom tomato plants overexpressing the...
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