Light-dependent changes in plastid differentiation influence carotenoid gene expression and accumulation in carrot roots

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 47-59

  Fuentes, Paulina ^a   Pizarro, Lorena ^a   Moreno, Juan Camilo ^a   Handford, Michael ^a   Rodriguez Concepcion, Manuel ^b   Stange, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Chloroplast; Chromoplast; Daucuscarota; Development; Root

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARROT; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; DARKNESS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT ROOT; PLASTID; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPLASTS; DARKNESS; DAUCUS CAROTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLASTIDS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84859976560     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-012-9893-2     Document Type: Article

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