Expression and functional analysis of two lycopene β-cyclases from citrus fruits

Planta

Volumn 236, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1315-1325

  Zhang, Lancui ^a   Ma, Gang ^a   Shirai, Yuki ^a,c   Kato, Masaya ^a   Yamawaki, Kazuki ^a   Ikoma, Yoshinori ^b   Matsumoto, Hikaru ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Shizuoka Prefectural Research Institute of Agriculture and Foresty   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Citrus; Lycopene cyclase; Carotene; Carotene

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS UNSHIU; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84866896930     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-012-1690-2     Document Type: Article

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