A new method of increasing vitamin C content in crops
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Last Update: 2003-05-14
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: new page 1 a research team at the University of California, Riverside found that transgenic technology can significantly improve the level of vitamin C contained in corn and other grains by making crops produce a large amount of DHAR enzyme This result provides a new way to improve the nutritional value of some daily crops SJI in crops, the recycling of vitamin C is mainly controlled by an enzyme called DHAR, which can reuse vitamin C in crops Lack of this enzyme can cause the loss of vitamin C in crops very quickly Gary et al, a biochemistry professor at the University of California, riverside, speculated that if more DHAR enzymes could be produced in crops, the content of vitamin C in crops might be increased accordingly The team led by Professor SJI Gali isolated the coding gene of dhajl enzyme from wheat and introduced the gene into maize As a result, the content of DHAR enzyme in maize increased nearly a hundred times at most The study also found that the use of this method to cultivate transgenic maize leaves and seeds of vitamin C significantly increased His research will be published in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences SJi
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