Raising the bar for biofortification: enhanced levels of bioavailable calcium in carrots

Erin L. Connolly

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.04.007

Raising the bar for biofortification: enhanced levels of bioavailable calcium in carrots

Erin L. Connolly

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Abstract

Recent efforts to increase the levels of Ca in the edible portions of plants have used a modified calcium/proton antiporter [known as short cation exchanger 1 (sCAX1)] to increase Ca transport into vacuoles. New work has shown that consumption of Ca-fortified carrots results in enhanced Ca absorption. These studies highlight the potential of increasing plant nutrient content through expression of a high-capacity transporter and illustrate the importance of demonstrating that the fortified nutrient is bioavailable.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	401-403
Number of pages	3
Journal	Trends in Biotechnology
Volume	26
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.04.007
State	Published - Aug 2008

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Bioengineering

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Raising the bar for biofortification: enhanced levels of bioavailable calcium in carrots

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