Maize Y9 encodes a product essential for 15-cis-ζ-carotene isomerization

Plant Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1181-1189

  Li, Faqiang ^a,b   Murillo, Christina ^a   Wurtzel, Eleanore T ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FUNGI; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CAROTENE ISOMERASE (CRTISO); GEOMETRICAL ISOMERS;

PIGMENTS;

BACTERIA; FUNGI; PIGMENT; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34250791177     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.098996     Document Type: Article

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