Biosynthesis of the food and cosmetic plant pigment bixin (annatto)

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5628, 2003, Pages 2089-2091

  Bouvier, Florence ^a   Dogbo, Odette ^b   Camara, Bilal ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^b Universite d'Abobo Adjame   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENES; SEED;

COSMETICS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BIXIN; COSMETIC; LYCOPE CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE; LYCOPENE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NORBIXIN CARBOXYLMETHYLTRANSFERASE; OXYGENASE; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGY; GENETICS; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT PRODUCT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIXACEAE; CAROTENOIDS; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BIXA ORELLANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0037933420     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1085162     Document Type: Article

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