Understanding carotenoid metabolism as a necessity for genetic engineering of crop plants

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-302

  Sandmann, Gerhard ^a   Römer, Susanne ^b   Fraser, Paul D ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

And health promoting phytochemicals; Carotenoid; Crop plants; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; TOBACCO;

CAROTENOID; CROP PLANTS; HEALTH-PROMOTING PHYTOCHEMICALS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

CROPS;

CAROTENOID;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; RICE; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS; TOBACCO; TOMATO;

CAROTENOIDS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIOLOGY; CAROTENOIDS; FARM CROPS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPES; TOBACCO; VEGETABLES;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33745148273     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2006.01.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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