Genetics and molecular biology of carotenoid pigment biosynthesis

FASEB Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 228-237

  Armstrong, Gregory A ^a   Hearst, John E ^b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cyclic xanthophylls; lycopene cyclization; phytoene; provitamin A; xanthophyll glycosides; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; LYCOPENE; XANTHOPHYLL; PHYTOENE;

CYCLIZATION; ERWINIA; GENE CLUSTER; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; VITAMIN METABOLISM; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; HUMANS;

EID: 0030077655     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.10.2.8641556     Document Type: Review

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