Expression, subcellular localization, and cis-regulatory structure of duplicated phytoene synthase genes in melon (Cucumis melo L.)

Planta

Volumn 234, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 737-748

  Qin, Xiaoqiong ^a   Coku, Ardian ^a   Inoue, Kentaro ^a   Tian, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Gene duplication; Gene regulation; Melon; Phytoene synthase; Plastid

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DUPLICATE GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EXON; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRON; MELON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CUCUMIS MELO; EXONS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, DUPLICATE; GERANYLGERANYL-DIPHOSPHATE GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; INTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; DICOTYLEDONEAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 80053130722     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1442-8     Document Type: Article

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