In vitro expression of apocarotenoid genes in Crocus sativus L.

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5378-5382

  Namin, Monir Hosseinzadeh ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, Hassan ^a   Ghareyazie, Behzad ^b   Radjabian, Tayebeh ^c   Gharavi, Sara ^d   Tafreshi, Narges ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apocarotenoids; Crocus sativus L.; Gene expression; Mevalonic acid pathway; Stigma like structure

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHYL ACETATE; 6 N BENZYLADENINE; APOCAROTENOID; CAROTENOID; MEVALONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCUS SATIVUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IRIDACEAE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STIGMA;

CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 73349089944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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