A study in scarlet: Enzymes of ketocarotenoid biosynthesis in the flowers of Adonis aestivalis

Plant Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 478-492

  Cunningham Jr , Francis X ^a   Gantt, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adonis aestivalis; Astaxanthin; Carotenoids; Hydroxylase; Ketolase; Tautomer

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; DNA; ENZYMES; NUTRITION; PIGMENTS; TISSUE;

CDNA ENCODING; KETOCAROTENOIDS; PIGMENTATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CAROTENOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADONIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ADONIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CAROTENOIDS; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; FLOWERS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUTRITION; PLANT TISSUES; PLANTS;

ADONIS AESTIVALIS; CRUSTACEA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 13844272943     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02309.x     Document Type: Article

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