Carotenoids in nature: Insights from plants and beyond

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 833-847

  Cazzonelli, Christopher I ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

abscisic acid; apocarotenoids; carotenoid; chloroplast; chromatin; epigenetic; hormones; isoprenoid; metabolic feedback; photoisomerisation; plant; regulation; signal molecule; strigolactone

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CAROTENOID; CHROMOSOME; COLOR; COMMODITY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOPRENE; METABOLISM; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; POLLINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 80055066234     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP11192     Document Type: Review

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