Molecular Evolution of Lycopene Cyclases Involved in the Formation of Carotenoids in Eukaryotic Algae

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1013-1020

  Cui, Hongli ^a,b   Wang, Yinchu ^a,b   Qin, Song ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Algae; Carotenoid biosynthesis; Coevolution; Lycopene cyclase; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA SP.; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; DUNALIELLA SALINA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; MICROMONAS (GREEN ALGA); OSTREOCOCCUS; OSTREOCOCCUS TAURI; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; RHODOPHYTA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 80255137172     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-011-0297-2     Document Type: Article

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