Plastid structure and carotenogenic gene expression in red-and white-fleshed loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) fruits

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 341-354

  Fu, Xiumin ^a   Kong, Wenbin ^a   Peng, Gang ^a   Zhou, Jingyi ^a,c   Azam, Muhammad ^a   Xu, Changjie ^a   Grierson, Don ^a,b   Chen, Kunsong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Shanghai Municipal Agricultural Technology Extension and Service Center   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; chloroplast; chromoplast; colour; fruit development; fruit ripening; gene expression; loquat; plastid

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; ERIOBOTRYA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASTID; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; DNA PRIMERS; ERIOBOTRYA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLASTIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA;

EID: 84555206968     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err284     Document Type: Article

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