Characterization of a second carotenoid β-hydroxylase gene from Arabidopsis and its relationship to the LUT1 locus

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 379-388

  Tian, Li ^a   Dellapenna, Dean ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Carotenoid; Hydroxylase; lut1; TaqMan; Xanthophyll

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HYDROXYLATION; OXYGENASE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; XANTHOPHYLL;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CLONING; DNA; GENES; PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE;

PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; ISOENZYMES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034813551     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011623907959     Document Type: Article

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