Tissue differential expression of lycopene β-cyclase gene in papaya

Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 731-739

  Skelton, Rachel L ^a   Yu, Qingyi ^a   Srinivasan, Rajeswari ^b   Manshardt, Richard ^b   Moore, Paul H ^c   Ming, Ray ^a,d  

^a HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carica papaya; Fruit flesh color; Lycopene cyclase

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PAPAYA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARICA; CAROTENOIDS; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARICA PAPAYA; CITRUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33747472132     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7310081     Document Type: Article

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