Cloning and heterologous expression of a gene encoding lycopene-epsilon-cyclase, a precursor of lutein in tea (Camellia sinensis var assamica)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 5934-5939

  Borchetia, Sangeeta ^a   Bora, Chiranjana ^a   Gohain, Bornali ^a   Bhagawati, Prasenjit ^a   Agarwala, Niraj ^a   Bhattacharya, Neelakshi ^a   Bharalee, Raju ^a   Bhorali, Priyadarshini ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Tirthankar ^a   Gupta, Sushmita ^a   Das, Sourabh Kumar ^a   Ranjit Singh, H ^a   Ahmed, Parveen ^a   Gogoi, Madhurjya ^a   Das, Sudripta ^a  

^a Tea Research Association   (India)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Heterologous expression; Lutein; RACE; Tea

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLANT DNA; XANTHOPHYLL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRAIT; GRAPE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LYCOPENE EPSILONE CYCLASE GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; VITIS;

EID: 79960105669     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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