A Sweetpotato Geranylgeranyl Pyrophosphate Synthase Gene, IbGGPS, Increases Carotenoid Content and Enhances Osmotic Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

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

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137623

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A Sweetpotato Geranylgeranyl Pyrophosphate Synthase Gene, IbGGPS, Increases Carotenoid Content and Enhances Osmotic Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

Wei Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei Chen, Shaozhen He

Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Shaozhen He ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei Chen, Shaozhen He

Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Degao Liu,

Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Gunvant B. Patil,

Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences and National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Hong Zhai,

Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Feibing Wang,

Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Troy J. Stephenson,

Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences and National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Yannan Wang,

Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Bing Wang,

Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Babu Valliyodan,

Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences and National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Henry T. Nguyen,

Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences and National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Qingchang Liu

* E-mail: liuqc@cau.edu.cn

Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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A Sweetpotato Geranylgeranyl Pyrophosphate Synthase Gene, IbGGPS, Increases Carotenoid Content and Enhances Osmotic Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

Wei Chen,
Shaozhen He,
Degao Liu,
Gunvant B. Patil,
Hong Zhai,
Feibing Wang,
Troy J. Stephenson,
Yannan Wang,
Bing Wang,
Babu Valliyodan

Published: September 16, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137623

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