Carotenoid biosynthesis during tomato fruit development: Regulatory role of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase

Plant Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 503-513

  Lois, Luisa María ^a,b   Rodríguez Concepción, Manuel ^b   Gallego, Francesca ^b   Campos, Narciso ^b   Boronat, Albert ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXYXYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CAROTENOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; ISOPRENOID; MESSENGER RNA; PSY1 GENE; RIPENING; TOMATO; WILD RELATIVE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CAROTENOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOENZYMES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, PLANT; TRANSFERASES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0342505289     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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