Published in Nat Biotechnol on January 13, 2003
The draft genome of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Nat Genet (2012) 2.81
Integrated analysis of metabolite and transcript levels reveals the metabolic shifts that underlie tomato fruit development and highlight regulatory aspects of metabolic network behavior. Plant Physiol (2006) 2.55
myo-inositol oxygenase offers a possible entry point into plant ascorbate biosynthesis. Plant Physiol (2004) 2.25
Transcriptomic analysis of Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra) fruit development and ripening using RNA-Seq. BMC Genomics (2012) 2.07
Enhanced photosynthetic performance and growth as a consequence of decreasing mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase activity in transgenic tomato plants. Plant Physiol (2005) 1.75
The missing step of the L-galactose pathway of ascorbate biosynthesis in plants, an L-galactose guanyltransferase, increases leaf ascorbate content. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.59
Biosynthesis of very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic oilseeds: constraints on their accumulation. Plant Cell (2004) 1.52
A highly specific L-galactose-1-phosphate phosphatase on the path to ascorbate biosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 1.41
Vitamin deficiencies in humans: can plant science help? Plant Cell (2012) 1.33
Expression profiling of ascorbic acid-related genes during tomato fruit development and ripening and in response to stress conditions. J Exp Bot (2009) 1.32
L-tartaric acid synthesis from vitamin C in higher plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 1.31
An Arabidopsis purple acid phosphatase with phytase activity increases foliar ascorbate. Plant Physiol (2007) 1.29
Candidate genes and quantitative trait loci affecting fruit ascorbic acid content in three tomato populations. Plant Physiol (2007) 1.22
Transcriptome analysis at four developmental stages of grape berry (Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz) provides insights into regulated and coordinated gene expression. BMC Genomics (2012) 1.21
Silencing of the mitochondrial ascorbate synthesizing enzyme L-galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase affects plant and fruit development in tomato. Plant Physiol (2007) 1.21
Gene expression studies in kiwifruit and gene over-expression in Arabidopsis indicates that GDP-L-galactose guanyltransferase is a major control point of vitamin C biosynthesis. J Exp Bot (2009) 1.19
Generation and analysis of ESTs from strawberry (Fragaria xananassa) fruits and evaluation of their utility in genetic and molecular studies. BMC Genomics (2010) 1.11
Long-distance transport of L-ascorbic acid in potato. BMC Plant Biol (2004) 1.07
Synthesis of L-ascorbic acid in the phloem. BMC Plant Biol (2003) 1.06
A phylogenetic study of cytochrome b561 proteins. Genome Biol (2003) 1.05
Overexpression of SlGMEs leads to ascorbate accumulation with enhanced oxidative stress, cold, and salt tolerance in tomato. Plant Cell Rep (2010) 1.05
Regulation of L-ascorbic acid content in strawberry fruits. J Exp Bot (2011) 1.03
TDZ, auxin and genotype effects on leaf organogenesis in Fragaria. Plant Cell Rep (2005) 1.03
Myoinositol oxygenase controls the level of myoinositol in Arabidopsis, but does not increase ascorbic acid. Plant Physiol (2008) 1.03
Translocation and the alternative D-galacturonate pathway contribute to increasing the ascorbate level in ripening tomato fruits together with the D-mannose/L-galactose pathway. J Exp Bot (2011) 1.02
Structure and function of GDP-mannose-3',5'-epimerase: an enzyme which performs three chemical reactions at the same active site. J Am Chem Soc (2005) 1.02
The ascorbic acid content of tomato fruits is associated with the expression of genes involved in pectin degradation. BMC Plant Biol (2010) 1.01
Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from octoploid strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa). BMC Plant Biol (2005) 1.00
The ascorbate-glutathione-α-tocopherol triad in abiotic stress response. Int J Mol Sci (2012) 1.00
Solubilisation of tomato fruit pectins by ascorbate: a possible non-enzymic mechanism of fruit softening. Planta (2003) 0.98
L-ascorbic Acid: a multifunctional molecule supporting plant growth and development. Scientifica (Cairo) (2013) 0.97
Identification and characterization of a galacturonic acid transporter from Neurospora crassa and its application for Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation processes. Biotechnol Biofuels (2014) 0.97
An association mapping approach to identify favourable alleles for tomato fruit quality breeding. BMC Plant Biol (2014) 0.96
Impact of oxidative stress on ascorbate biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas via regulation of the VTC2 gene encoding a GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase. J Biol Chem (2012) 0.96
De novo assembly and characterization of the fruit transcriptome of Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) Using 454 pyrosequencing and the development of novel tri-nucleotide SSR markers. PLoS One (2014) 0.94
Ascorbate biosynthesis during early fruit development is the main reason for its accumulation in kiwi. PLoS One (2010) 0.94
Allelic variation in paralogs of GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase is a major determinant of vitamin C concentrations in apple fruit. Plant Physiol (2012) 0.94
AMR1, an Arabidopsis gene that coordinately and negatively regulates the mannose/l-galactose ascorbic acid biosynthetic pathway. Plant Physiol (2009) 0.93
Ascorbate metabolism and the developmental demand for tartaric and oxalic acids in ripening grape berries. BMC Plant Biol (2009) 0.92
Exploring the impact of wounding and jasmonates on ascorbate metabolism. Plant Physiol Biochem (2010) 0.90
Nutritionally improved agricultural crops. Plant Physiol (2008) 0.90
Genetic and genome-wide transcriptomic analyses identify co-regulation of oxidative response and hormone transcript abundance with vitamin C content in tomato fruit. BMC Genomics (2012) 0.88
Strategies to increase vitamin C in plants: from plant defense perspective to food biofortification. Front Plant Sci (2013) 0.87
Metabolic engineering of the fungal D-galacturonate pathway for L-ascorbic acid production. Microb Cell Fact (2015) 0.85
Manipulation of L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis pathways in Solanum lycopersicum: elevated GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase activity enhances L-ascorbate levels in red fruit. Planta (2011) 0.85
Influence of light on ascorbate formation and metabolism in apple fruits. Planta (2009) 0.84
High-throughput genomics enhances tomato breeding efficiency. Curr Genomics (2009) 0.84
Ascorbate metabolism in rice genotypes differing in zinc efficiency. Planta (2013) 0.83
The pathway via D-galacturonate/L-galactonate is significant for ascorbate biosynthesis in Euglena gracilis: identification and functional characterization of aldonolactonase. J Biol Chem (2008) 0.83
Metal/metalloid stress tolerance in plants: role of ascorbate, its redox couple, and associated enzymes. Protoplasma (2014) 0.83
Reduction of inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate affects the overall phosphoinositol pathway and leads to modifications in light signalling and secondary metabolism in tomato plants. J Exp Bot (2011) 0.82
Regulation of fruit ascorbic acid concentrations during ripening in high and low vitamin C tomato cultivars. BMC Plant Biol (2012) 0.82
Increasing vitamin C content in plant foods to improve their nutritional value-successes and challenges. Nutrients (2013) 0.81
Synthesis of Au/graphene oxide composites for selective and sensitive electrochemical detection of ascorbic acid. Sci Rep (2014) 0.80
Fine-tuning tomato agronomic properties by computational genome redesign. PLoS Comput Biol (2012) 0.80
Vitamin C booster. Nat Biotechnol (2003) 0.80
Pyrophosphate levels strongly influence ascorbate and starch content in tomato fruit. Front Plant Sci (2013) 0.80
Transcriptional profiling of genes involved in ascorbic acid biosynthesis, recycling, and degradation during three leaf developmental stages in celery. Mol Genet Genomics (2016) 0.79
The inter-relationship of ascorbate transport, metabolism and mitochondrial, plastidic respiration. Antioxid Redox Signal (2013) 0.79
Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals the Metabolic Mechanism of L-Ascorbic Acid in Ziziphus jujuba Mill. Front Plant Sci (2016) 0.79
Differential transcriptional regulation of L-ascorbic acid content in peel and pulp of citrus fruits during development and maturation. Planta (2014) 0.79
Ascorbic Acid-A Potential Oxidant Scavenger and Its Role in Plant Development and Abiotic Stress Tolerance. Front Plant Sci (2017) 0.78
Reducing AsA leads to leaf lesion and defence response in knock-down of the AsA biosynthetic enzyme GDP-D-mannose pyrophosphorylase gene in tomato plant. PLoS One (2013) 0.78
Manipulation of the rice L-galactose pathway: evaluation of the effects of transgene overexpression on ascorbate accumulation and abiotic stress tolerance. PLoS One (2015) 0.78
Linking ascorbic acid production in Ribes nigrum with fruit development and changes in sources and sinks. Ann Bot (2013) 0.77
Metabolic engineering of Kluyveromyces lactis for L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) biosynthesis. Microb Cell Fact (2013) 0.77
Completing a pathway to plant vitamin C synthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 0.77
Biotechnological advances in Lilium. Plant Cell Rep (2016) 0.77
Vitamin C and reducing sugars in the world collection of Capsicum baccatum L. genotypes. Food Chem (2016) 0.77
Role of L-ascorbate in alleviating abiotic stresses in crop plants. Bot Stud (2014) 0.77
The invertebrate Caenorhabditis elegans biosynthesizes ascorbate. Arch Biochem Biophys (2015) 0.76
Recent progress on the characterization of aldonolactone oxidoreductases. Plant Physiol Biochem (2015) 0.76
Ascorbic acid metabolism during sweet cherry (Prunus avium) fruit development. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Transcriptomic analysis of the biosynthesis, recycling, and distribution of ascorbic acid during leaf development in tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze). Sci Rep (2017) 0.75
Knocking Down the Expression of GMPase Gene OsVTC1-1 Decreases Salt Tolerance of Rice at Seedling and Reproductive Stages. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Biotechnological Advancements for Improving Floral Attributes in Ornamental Plants. Front Plant Sci (2017) 0.75
Overexpression of AtOxR gene improves abiotic stresses tolerance and vitamin C content in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Biotechnol (2016) 0.75
Ectopic Expression of a Glycine soja myo-Inositol Oxygenase Gene (GsMIOX1a) in Arabidopsis Enhances Tolerance to Alkaline Stress. PLoS One (2015) 0.75
High temperature inhibits ascorbate recycling and light stimulation of the ascorbate pool in tomato despite increased expression of biosynthesis genes. PLoS One (2013) 0.75
Characterization of the galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase from pepper fruits and its modulation in the ascorbate biosynthesis. Role of nitric oxide. Redox Biol (2017) 0.75
Genetic Engineering: A Possible Strategy for Protein-Energy Malnutrition Regulation. Mol Biotechnol (2017) 0.75
The Tomato Sequencing Project, the first cornerstone of the International Solanaceae Project (SOL). Comp Funct Genomics (2005) 1.63
The E3 ubiquitin ligase activity of arabidopsis PLANT U-BOX17 and its functional tobacco homolog ACRE276 are required for cell death and defense. Plant Cell (2006) 1.58
Biosynthesis of L-ascorbic acid in plants: new pathways for an old antioxidant. Trends Plant Sci (2004) 1.56
Arabidopsis synaptotagmin 1 is required for the maintenance of plasma membrane integrity and cell viability. Plant Cell (2008) 1.50
Vitamin deficiencies in humans: can plant science help? Plant Cell (2012) 1.33
Novel insight into vascular, stress, and auxin-dependent and -independent gene expression programs in strawberry, a non-climacteric fruit. Plant Physiol (2002) 1.30
Partial demethylation of oligogalacturonides by pectin methyl esterase 1 is required for eliciting defence responses in wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca). Plant J (2007) 1.26
Manipulation of strawberry fruit softening by antisense expression of a pectate lyase gene. Plant Physiol (2002) 1.20
Evidence for a positive regulatory role of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) Fa WRKY1 and Arabidopsis At WRKY75 proteins in resistance. J Exp Bot (2009) 1.19
Genetic analysis of strawberry fruit aroma and identification of O-methyltransferase FaOMT as the locus controlling natural variation in mesifurane content. Plant Physiol (2012) 1.17
Antisense down-regulation of the FaPG1 gene reveals an unexpected central role for polygalacturonase in strawberry fruit softening. Plant Physiol (2009) 1.15
Identification of the Arabidopsis dry2/sqe1-5 mutant reveals a central role for sterols in drought tolerance and regulation of reactive oxygen species. Plant J (2009) 1.13
Redirection of flavonoid biosynthesis through the down-regulation of an anthocyanidin glucosyltransferase in ripening strawberry fruit. Plant Physiol (2008) 1.11
Cloning and characterization of two ripening-related strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa cv. Chandler) pectate lyase genes. J Exp Bot (2003) 1.11
Generation and analysis of ESTs from strawberry (Fragaria xananassa) fruits and evaluation of their utility in genetic and molecular studies. BMC Genomics (2010) 1.11
Antisense inhibition of a pectate lyase gene supports a role for pectin depolymerization in strawberry fruit softening. J Exp Bot (2008) 1.10
Quantitative trait loci and underlying candidate genes controlling agronomical and fruit quality traits in octoploid strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa). Theor Appl Genet (2011) 1.08
Gibberellin biosynthesis and signalling during development of the strawberry receptacle. New Phytol (2011) 1.08
De novo assembly and functional annotation of the olive (Olea europaea) transcriptome. DNA Res (2013) 1.07
MYB10 plays a major role in the regulation of flavonoid/phenylpropanoid metabolism during ripening of Fragaria x ananassa fruits. J Exp Bot (2013) 1.06
FaQR, required for the biosynthesis of the strawberry flavor compound 4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone, encodes an enone oxidoreductase. Plant Cell (2006) 1.05
Cinnamate metabolism in ripening fruit. Characterization of a UDP-glucose:cinnamate glucosyltransferase from strawberry. Plant Physiol (2006) 1.04
Regulation of L-ascorbic acid content in strawberry fruits. J Exp Bot (2011) 1.03
Dynamic analysis of Arabidopsis AP2 σ subunit reveals a key role in clathrin-mediated endocytosis and plant development. Development (2013) 1.03
The Arabidopsis tetratricopeptide repeat-containing protein TTL1 is required for osmotic stress responses and abscisic acid sensitivity. Plant Physiol (2006) 1.01
The strawberry plant defense mechanism: a molecular review. Plant Cell Physiol (2011) 1.01
Functional characterization of FaCCD1: a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase from strawberry involved in lutein degradation during fruit ripening. J Agric Food Chem (2008) 0.98
The strawberry fruit Fra a allergen functions in flavonoid biosynthesis. Mol Plant (2009) 0.98
Identification of a strawberry gene encoding a non-specific lipid transfer protein that responds to ABA, wounding and cold stress. J Exp Bot (2003) 0.97
Plasma membrane repair in plants. Trends Plant Sci (2009) 0.97
Identification and validation of reference genes for transcript normalization in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) defense responses. PLoS One (2013) 0.97
Pectin esterase gene family in strawberry fruit: study of FaPE1, a ripening-specific isoform. J Exp Bot (2004) 0.97
Analysis of genes involved in L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis during growth and ripening of grape berries. J Plant Physiol (2010) 0.95
The strawberry gene FaGAST affects plant growth through inhibition of cell elongation. J Exp Bot (2006) 0.94
The SUD1 gene encodes a putative E3 ubiquitin ligase and is a positive regulator of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase activity in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell (2013) 0.91
The fruit ripening-related gene FaAAT2 encodes an acyl transferase involved in strawberry aroma biogenesis. J Exp Bot (2012) 0.90
Demethylation of oligogalacturonides by FaPE1 in the fruits of the wild strawberry Fragaria vesca triggers metabolic and transcriptional changes associated with defence and development of the fruit. J Exp Bot (2011) 0.89
Metabolic interaction between anthocyanin and lignin biosynthesis is associated with peroxidase FaPRX27 in strawberry fruit. Plant Physiol (2013) 0.89
A strawberry fruit-specific and ripening-related gene codes for a HyPRP protein involved in polyphenol anchoring. Plant Mol Biol (2004) 0.89
The strawberry (Fragariaxananassa) fruit-specific rhamnogalacturonate lyase 1 (FaRGLyase1) gene encodes an enzyme involved in the degradation of cell-wall middle lamellae. J Exp Bot (2013) 0.89
Genetic and genome-wide transcriptomic analyses identify co-regulation of oxidative response and hormone transcript abundance with vitamin C content in tomato fruit. BMC Genomics (2012) 0.88
Tomato tos1 mutation identifies a gene essential for osmotic tolerance and abscisic acid sensitivity. Plant J (2002) 0.86
ABA- and ethylene-mediated responses in osmotically stressed tomato are regulated by the TSS2 and TOS1 loci. J Exp Bot (2006) 0.85
Functional analysis of homologous and heterologous promoters in strawberry fruits using transient expression. J Exp Bot (2004) 0.85
The Arabidopsis tetratricopeptide thioredoxin-like gene family is required for osmotic stress tolerance and male sporogenesis. Plant Physiol (2012) 0.85
The strawberry pathogenesis-related 10 (PR-10) Fra a proteins control flavonoid biosynthesis by binding to metabolic intermediates. J Biol Chem (2013) 0.85
Ethylene is involved in strawberry fruit ripening in an organ-specific manner. J Exp Bot (2013) 0.85
The polygalacturonase FaPG1 gene plays a key role in strawberry fruit softening. Plant Signal Behav (2009) 0.85
Proteomic analysis of strawberry achenes reveals active synthesis and recycling of L-ascorbic acid. J Proteomics (2013) 0.84
Auxin biosynthesis by the YUCCA6 flavin monooxygenase gene in woodland strawberry. J Integr Plant Biol (2014) 0.84
TPR Proteins in Plant Hormone Signaling. Plant Signal Behav (2006) 0.83
Deciphering gamma-decalactone biosynthesis in strawberry fruit using a combination of genetic mapping, RNA-Seq and eQTL analyses. BMC Genomics (2014) 0.82
Two strawberry miR159 family members display developmental-specific expression patterns in the fruit receptacle and cooperatively regulate Fa-GAMYB. New Phytol (2012) 0.82
FaGAST2, a strawberry ripening-related gene, acts together with FaGAST1 to determine cell size of the fruit receptacle. Plant Cell Physiol (2012) 0.81
cpFBPaseII, a novel redox-independent chloroplastic isoform of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. Plant Cell Environ (2009) 0.81
Eugenol production in achenes and receptacles of strawberry fruits is catalyzed by synthases exhibiting distinct kinetics. Plant Physiol (2013) 0.80
Regulation of K+ transport in tomato roots by the TSS1 locus. Implications in salt tolerance. Plant Physiol (2003) 0.79
Metabolic engineering of aroma components in fruits. Biotechnol J (2013) 0.79
Modification of plant hormone levels and signaling as a tool in plant biotechnology. Biotechnol J (2009) 0.79
Molecular analysis of the interaction between Olea europaea and the biotrophic fungus Spilocaea oleagina. Mol Plant Pathol (2005) 0.79
Polyphenol composition in the ripe fruits of Fragaria species and transcriptional analyses of key genes in the pathway. J Agric Food Chem (2011) 0.78
Golgi apparatus-localized synaptotagmin 2 is required for unconventional secretion in Arabidopsis. PLoS One (2011) 0.78
Analysis of the arabidopsis dry2/sqe1-5 mutant suggests a role for sterols in signaling. Plant Signal Behav (2009) 0.78
Phylogeny of the fungus Spilocaea oleagina, the causal agent of peacock leaf spot in olive. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2002) 0.77
The challenge of increasing vitamin C content in plant foods. Biotechnol J (2012) 0.77