Expression of phytoene synthase gene (Psy) is enhanced during fruit ripening of Cara Cara navel orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 837-843

  Tao, Nengguo ^a   Hu, Zhiyong ^a   Liu, Qin ^a   Xu, Juan ^a   Cheng, Yunjiang ^a   Guo, Linlin ^a   Guo, Wenwu ^a   Deng, Xiuxin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citrus; Fruit ripening; Gene expression; Phytoene; Phytoene synthase gene

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; FRUITS; MUTAGENESIS;

FRUIT RIPENING; PHYTOENE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE GENE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS;

MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CITRUS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 34447323335     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0289-0     Document Type: Article

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