The carotenoid biosynthetic pathway: Thinking in all dimensions

Plant Science

Volumn 208, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-63

  Shumskaya, Maria ^a   Wurtzel, Eleanore T ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic pathways; Carotenoid biosynthesis; Metabolic engineering; Plant biochemistry; Plants; Plastids

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; GERANYLGERANYL-DIPHOSPHATE GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

EID: 84877071044     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.03.012     Document Type: Review

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