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Figure 2   Metabolic engineering of the aroma of tomato fruits is utilized to accumulate the volatile compound S-linalool. The LIS (linalool synthase) gene, under the control of the late-ripening E8 promoter, has been transferred from the Clarkia breweri flowers into the tomato fruits. Diversion of the existing plastid terpenoid pathway leading to carotenoids into the production of S-linalool in ripening tomatoes has been confirmed by GC-MS analysis (Figure 3).
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