Regulation of Pigment-Related Genes During Flower and Fruit Development of Bixa orellana

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-50

  Rodríguez Ávila, Norma L ^a   Narváez Zapata, José A ^b   Aguilar Espinosa, Margarita ^a   Rivera Madrid, Renata ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Annatto; Bixa orellana; Bixin; Carotenoids; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

BIXA ORELLANA;

EID: 79251606055     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-010-0207-z     Document Type: Article

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