Carotenoid accumulation in orange-pigmented Capsicum annuum fruit, regulated at multiple levels

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 517-526

  Rodriguez Uribe, Laura ^a   Guzman, Ivette ^a   Rajapakse, Wathsala ^a   Richins, Richard D ^a   O'Connell, Mary A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carotene; Capsanthin; carotenoid biosynthesis; chromoplast; peppers; pericarp; qRT PCR; xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PEPPER; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAPSICUM; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 84555209312     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err302     Document Type: Article

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