Metabolic and gene expression analysis of apple (Malus × domestica) carotenogenesis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4497-4511

  Ampomah Dwamena, Charles ^a   Dejnoprat, Supinya ^a   Lewis, David ^a   Sutherland, Paul ^a   Volz, Richard K ^a   Allan, Andrew C ^a,b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apple; Carotenoid isomerase; Carotenoids; Gene expression; Malus domestica

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALUS; METABOLISM; PLASTID; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; MALUS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84866648512     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers134     Document Type: Article

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