Changes in carotenoid content and biosynthetic gene expression in juice sacs of four orange varieties (Citrus sinensis) differing in flesh fruit color

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3628-3638

  Fanciullino, Anne Laure ^a   Cercós, Manuel ^b   Dhuique Mayer, Claudie ^c   Froelicher, Yann ^a   Talón, Manuel ^b   Ollitrault, Patrick ^a   Morillon, Raphaël ^a,b  

^a UMR AGAP   (France)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Allelic variability; Carotenoids; Citrus sinensis; Gene expression; Regulation mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PIGMENTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CAROTENOIDS; CITRUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; PIGMENTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 45549096610     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0732051     Document Type: Article

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