Synergistic interactions between carotene ring hydroxylases drive lutein formation in plant carotenoid biosynthesis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 204-214

  Quinlan, Rena F ^a,b   Shumskaya, Maria ^a   Bradbury, Louis M T ^a,c   Beltrán, Jesús ^a,b   Ma, Chunhui ^a,d   Kennelly, Edward J ^a,b   Wurtzel, Eleanore T ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d WUXI APPTEC   (China)

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EID: 84865857132     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.198556     Document Type: Article

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