Effect of the citrus lycopene β-Cyclase transgene on carotenoid metabolism in transgenic tomato fruits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Guo, Fei ^a   Zhou, Wenjing ^a   Zhang, Jiancheng ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a   Deng, Xiuxin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; FATTY ACID; FLAVONOID; LIMONENE; LYCOPENE; PINENE; STARCH; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIOLAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL; BETA PINENE; BETA-PINENE; BICYCLO COMPOUND; CARBOHYDRATE; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUCROSE METABOLISM; TOMATO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CITRUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CARBOHYDRATES; CAROTENOIDS; CYCLOHEXENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MONOTERPENES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUCROSE; TERPENES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84863166629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032221     Document Type: Article

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