Carotenogenic gene expression and carotenoid accumulation in three varieties of Cucurbita pepo during fruit development

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 6393-6403

  Obrero, Ángeles ^a   González Verdejo, Clara I ^a   Die, Jose V ^b   Gómez, Pedro ^c   Del Río Celestino, Mercedes ^c   Román, Belén ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO ALAMEDA DEL OBISPO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^c IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

carotenoid; Cucurbita pepo; lutein; lycopene cyclase; transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CUCURBITA PEPO; CYCLASES; LUTEIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUITS; HISTOLOGY; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROTEIN INTAKE; SPAIN; SQUASH;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CUCURBITA; DIETARY PROTEINS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; PLANT PROTEINS; SPAIN;

CUCURBITA PEPO;

EID: 84879742834     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf4004576     Document Type: Article

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