Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in the service of biotechnology

Enhancing the Health-Promoting Effects of Tomato Fruit for Biofortified Food

(2014) Assunta Raiola et al.   MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION

Enhanced resistance to bacterial pathogen in transgenic tomato plants expressing cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide

(2013) Yu-Jin Jung   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING

Silencing the SpMPK1, SpMPK2, and SpMPK3 Genes in Tomato Reduces Abscisic Acid—Mediated Drought Tolerance

(2013) Cui Li et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Overexpression of GlyI and GlyII genes in transgenic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum Mill.) plants confers salt tolerance by decreasing oxidative stress

(2013) María Fernanda Álvarez Viveros et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Accumulation of anthocyanins in tomato skin extends shelf life

(2013) Laura Bassolino et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Transgenic tomato plants expressing the antigen gene PfCP-2.9 of Plasmodium falciparum

(2013) Mihail Kantor et al.   PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA

An E8 promoter–HSP terminator cassette promotes the high-level accumulation of recombinant protein predominantly in transgenic tomato fruits: a case study of miraculin

(2013) Natsuko Kurokawa et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Optimisation of tomato Micro-tom regeneration and selection on glufosinate/Basta and dependency of gene silencing on transgene copy number

(2013) Thi Thu Huong Khuong et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Comparative transcriptomics reveals patterns of selection in domesticated and wild tomato

(2013) D. Koenig et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cold tolerance in Osmotin transgenic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is associated with modulation in transcript abundance of stress responsive genes

(2013) Vikas Yadav Patade et al.   SpringerPlus

Optimization of factors affecting Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Micro-Tom tomatoes

(2012) M. Guo et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH

The characterization of transgenic tomato overexpressing gibberellin 20-oxidase reveals induction of parthenocarpic fruit growth, higher yield, and alteration of the gibberellin biosynthetic pathway

(2012) Noemí García-Hurtado et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Overexpression of dehydrin tas14 gene improves the osmotic stress imposed by drought and salinity in tomato

(2012) Alicia Muñoz-Mayor et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

(2012)   NATURE

Metal response of transgenic tomato plantsexpressing P1B-ATPase

(2012) Anna Barabasz et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Engineering drought tolerant tomato plants over-expressing BcZAT12 gene encoding a C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor

(2012) Avinash Chandra Rai et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Phenotypes Associated with Down-Regulation of Sl-IAA27 Support Functional Diversity Among Aux/IAA Family Members in Tomato

(2012) Carole Bassa et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

A diminution in ascorbate oxidase activity affects carbon allocation and improves yield in tomato under water deficit

(2012) CÉCILE GARCHERY et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Evaluation of four Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains for the genetic transformation of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivar Micro-Tom

(2012) V. J. Chetty et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Overexpression of a wheat Na+/H+ antiporter gene (TaNHX2) enhances tolerance to salt stress in transgenic tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

(2012) Rajesh Yarra et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Metabolic Engineering of Tomato Fruit Organic Acid Content Guided by Biochemical Analysis of an Introgression Line

(2012) M. J. Morgan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Transgenic Resistance Confers Effective Field Level Control of Bacterial Spot Disease in Tomato

(2012) Diana M. Horvath et al.   PLoS One

Overexpression of MdVHA-B, a V-ATPase gene from apple, confers tolerance to drought in transgenic tomato

(2012) Da-Gang Hu et al.   SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

Transgenic tomato plants expressing artificial microRNAs for silencing the pre-coat and coat proteins of a begomovirus, Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus, show tolerance to virus infection

(2012) Tien Van Vu et al.   VIRUS RESEARCH

Overexpression of PtADC confers enhanced dehydration and drought tolerance in transgenic tobacco and tomato: Effect on ROS elimination

(2011) Bao-Quan Wang et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Modified expression of alternative oxidase in transgenic tomato and petunia affects the level of tomato spotted wilt virus resistance

(2011) Hao Ma et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

An Update on Biotechnological Approaches for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Tomato

(2011) Shashank K. Pandey et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Co-expression of Pennisetum glaucum vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter and Arabidopsis H+-pyrophosphatase enhances salt tolerance in transgenic tomato

(2011) S. Bhaskaran et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Virus-induced gene silencing in detached tomatoes and biochemical effects of phytoene desaturase gene silencing

(2011) Irene Romero et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Transformation of tomato with a bacterial codA gene enhances tolerance to salt and water stresses

(2011) Deepa Goel et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

TOMATOMA: A Novel Tomato Mutant Database Distributing Micro-Tom Mutant Collections

(2011) Takeshi Saito et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Neutralizing antibodies against rotavirus produced in transgenically labelled purple tomatoes

(2011) Paloma Juárez et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Induced ectopic expression of At-CBF1 in marker-free transgenic tomatoes confers enhanced chilling tolerance

(2011) Shweta Singh et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Engineered drought tolerance in tomato plants is reflected in chlorophyll fluorescence emission

(2011) Kumud Bandhu Mishra et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Expression analysis of human β-secretase in transgenic tomato fruits

(2011) H.-S. Kim et al.   PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION

ANTHOCYANIN1 from Solanum chilense is more efficient in accumulating anthocyanin metabolites than its Solanum lycopersicum counterpart in association with the ANTHOCYANIN FRUIT phenotype of tomato

(2011) Gali Schreiber et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Production of Recombinant Miraculin Using Transgenic Tomatoes in a Closed Cultivation System

(2010) Tadayoshi Hirai et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

The Solanum lycopersicum AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 7 (SlARF7) mediates cross-talk between auxin and gibberellin signalling during tomato fruit set and development

(2010) Maaike de Jong et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Enhanced polyamine accumulation alters carotenoid metabolism at the transcriptional level in tomato fruit over-expressing spermidine synthase

(2010) Mohamed Hichem Neily et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Narrowing Down the Targets: Towards Successful Genetic Engineering of Drought-Tolerant Crops

(2010) Shujun Yang et al.   Molecular Plant

Oral immunogenicity of tomato-derived sDPT polypeptide containing Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Bordetella pertussis and Clostridium tetani exotoxin epitopes

(2010) Ruth E. Soria-Guerra et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Overexpression of SlGMEs leads to ascorbate accumulation with enhanced oxidative stress, cold, and salt tolerance in tomato

(2010) Chanjuan Zhang et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Transgenic tomato cv. Pusa Uphar expressing a bacterial mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase gene confers abiotic stress tolerance

(2010) Neeraj Khare et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Reactive oxygen species and antioxidant machinery in abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants

(2010) Sarvajeet Singh Gill et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Transgenic tomatoes showing higher glutathione peroxydase antioxidant activity are more resistant to an abiotic stress but more susceptible to biotic stresses

(2010) Stéphane Herbette et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

A tomato bZIP transcription factor, SlAREB, is involved in water deficit and salt stress response

(2010) Tsai-Hung Hsieh et al.   PLANTA

Polyamines: molecules with regulatory functions in plant abiotic stress tolerance

(2010) Rubén Alcázar et al.   PLANTA

Overexpression of CrtR-b2 (carotene beta hydroxylase 2) from S. lycopersicum L. differentially affects xanthophyll synthesis and accumulation in transgenic tomato plants

(2010) Caterina D’Ambrosio et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Preferential expression and immunogenicity of HIV-1 Tat fusion protein expressed in tomato plant

(2010) Marni E. Cueno et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Expression of a fungal endochitinase gene in transgenic tomato and tobacco results in enhanced tolerance to fungal pathogens

(2010) Mamta R. Shah et al.   PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS

An improved protocol for the regeneration and transformation of tomato (cv Rio Grande)

(2009) Abida Yasmeen   ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM

Prevention of bubonic and pneumonic plague using plant-derived vaccines

(2009) M. Lucrecia Alvarez et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

An integrative genomics approach for deciphering the complex interactions between ascorbate metabolism and fruit growth and composition in tomato

(2009) Virginie Garcia et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Genetic analysis of reproductive development in tomato

(2009) Rafael Lozano et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A simple and efficient Agrobacterium-mediated procedure for transformation of tomato

(2009) Manoj K. Sharma et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES

Polyamine Accumulation in Transgenic Tomato Enhances the Tolerance to High Temperature Stress

(2009) Lin Cheng et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Developmental and Feedforward Control of the Expression of Folate Biosynthesis Genes in Tomato Fruit

(2009) Jeffrey C. Waller et al.   Molecular Plant

An abiotic stress-responsive bZIP transcription factor from wild and cultivated tomatoes regulates stress-related genes

(2009) Mónica Yáñez et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

GDP-d-mannose 3,5-epimerase (GME) plays a key role at the intersection of ascorbate and non-cellulosic cell-wall biosynthesis in tomato

(2009) Louise Gilbert et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Biochemical and Molecular Analysis of Pink Tomatoes: Deregulated Expression of the Gene Encoding Transcription Factor SlMYB12 Leads to Pink Tomato Fruit Color

(2009) A.-R. Ballester et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Visual Reporter System for Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Tomato Fruit Based on Anthocyanin Accumulation

(2009) D. Orzaez et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Enhancement of Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Transplastomic Tomatoes by Induced Lycopene-to-Provitamin A Conversion

(2009) W. Apel et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

RNA Interference of LIN5 in Tomato Confirms Its Role in Controlling Brix Content, Uncovers the Influence of Sugars on the Levels of Fruit Hormones, and Demonstrates the Importance of Sucrose Cleavage for Normal Fruit Development and Fertility

(2009) M. I. Zanor et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Fruit-Surface Flavonoid Accumulation in Tomato Is Controlled by a SlMYB12-Regulated Transcriptional Network

(2009) Avital Adato et al.   PLoS Genetics

Expression of thymosin α1 concatemer in transgenic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruits

(2008) Yuhui Chen et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

A transformation procedure for recalcitrant tomato by addressing transgenic plant-recovery limiting factors

(2008) Alejandro D. Fuentes et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Transgenic tomatoes expressing human beta-amyloid for use as a vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease

(2008) Jung Won Youm et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Transgenic tomato expressing interleukin-12 has a therapeutic effect in a murine model of progressive pulmonary tuberculosis

(2008) A. L. Elías-López et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

The expression of analgesic-antitumor peptide (AGAP) from Chinese Buthus martensii Karsch in transgenic tobacco and tomato

(2008) Linlin Lai et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Enrichment of tomato fruit with health-promoting anthocyanins by expression of select transcription factors

(2008) Eugenio Butelli et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

High-level expression of human immunodeficiency virus antigens from the tobacco and tomato plastid genomes

(2008) Fei Zhou et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Altered plastid levels and potential for improved fruit nutrient content by downregulation of the tomato DDB1-interacting protein CUL4

(2008) Songhu Wang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

In Planta Transformation of Tomato

(2008) Abida Yasmeen et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER