Expression of a phytoene synthase gene and characteristic carotenoid accumulation during citrus fruit development

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 232-238

  Ikoma, Y ^a   Komatsu, A ^b   Kita, M ^c   Ogawa, K ^d   Omura, M ^c   Yano, M ^c   Moriguchi, T ^c  

^a Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Research Council   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CAROTENOID; CDNA CLONE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLOWER; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034771984     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2001.1110215.x     Document Type: Article

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