Producing decaffeinated coffee plants
This paper describes the RNA interference-silencing of CaMXMT1 gene encoding theobromine synthase, one of the enzymes responsible for caffeine synthesis, hence producing transgenic coffee with 70 percent reduction in caffeine content.
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | biblioteca |
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2003
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| Subjects: | CAFE, CAFEINA, COFFEA, EXPRESION GENICA, GENES, ARN, TEOBROMINA, PLANTAS TRANSGENICAS, |
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| Summary: | This paper describes the RNA interference-silencing of CaMXMT1 gene encoding theobromine synthase, one of the enzymes responsible for caffeine synthesis, hence producing transgenic coffee with 70 percent reduction in caffeine content. |
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