Metabolic engineering of astaxanthin production in tobacco flowers

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 888-892

  Mann, Varda ^a   Harker, Mark ^a,b   Pecker, Iris ^a   Hirschberg, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartenoid biosynthesis; Chromoplasts; Isoprenoids; Nectary; Plant biotechnology; Protein import; Transit peptide

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PLANT; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA CAROTENE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; OXYGENASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; TOBACCO; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0033898414     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/78515     Document Type: Article

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