Flower color alteration in Lotus japonicus by modification of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 951-959

  Suzuki, Sakae ^a,c   Nishihara, Masahiro ^a   Nakatsuka, Takashi ^a   Misawa, Norihiko ^b   Ogiwara, Isao ^c   Yamamura, Saburo ^a  

^a IWATE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Flower color; Ketocarotenoid; Lotus japonicus; Transit peptide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROCARBONS; PEPTIDES;

AGROBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; CAROTENE KETOLASE; CAROTENOID PIGMENTS; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; TRANSIT PEPTIDE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIUM;

BETA CAROTENE KETOLASE; BETA-CAROTENE KETOLASE; CAROTENOID; OXYGENASE; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LOTUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CAROTENOIDS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LOTUS; OXYGENASES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 34548444237     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0302-7     Document Type: Article

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