Evolutionary origins, molecular cloning and expression of carotenoid hydroxylases in eukaryotic photosynthetic algae

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cui, Hongli ^a,b   Yu, Xiaona ^c   Wang, Yan ^a   Cui, Yulin ^a   Li, Xueqin ^d   Liu, Zhaopu ^c   Qin, Song ^a  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Algae; Carotenoid hydroxylase; Expression profiles; Molecular cloning; Structure and evolution; Xanthophylls biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID HYDROXYLASE; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BCH GENE; CHY GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP97A GENE; CYP97B GENE; CYP97C GENE; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RED ALGA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIGHT; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; XANTHOPHYLLS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMALVEOLATA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84879836378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-457     Document Type: Article

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