Lycopene-ε-cyclase pre-mRNA is alternatively spliced in Cara Cara navel orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck)

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 779-782

  Tao, Neng Guo ^a   Xu, Juan ^a   Cheng, Yun Jiang ^a   Deng, Xiu Xin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Citrus; Lycopene cyclase gene; Terminal mutation

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CITRUS; LYCOPENE-Ε-CYCLASE GENE; TERMINAL MUTATION;

RNA;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; RNA PRECURSOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SWEET ORANGE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CITRUS SINENSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 23944450294     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-005-5793-8     Document Type: Article

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