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Heterologous expression of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) GOLDEN2-LIKE homolog elevates chloroplast level and nutritional quality in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).
Planta - 1 Jun 2018
Li Guangwei, Chen Danyang, Tang Xiaofeng, Liu Yongsheng
Abstract excerpt
MAIN CONCLUSION: Constitutive expression of AchGLK from A. chinensis in transgenic tomato (S. lycopersicum) confers fruits an elevated plastid biogenesis with intensified granule thylakoid stacks and increased content of nutritional compounds. Plastid development is regulated by multiple environmental and genetic factors. Golden2-like (GLK) genes, members from GARP subfamily of the MYB transcription factors, have...
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