Carotenoid Biosynthesis and Chlorophyll Degradation

The Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 75-116

  Bramley, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotenoid biosynthesis; Catabolites; Chlorophyll degradation; Fruit; Metabolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889375039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118593714.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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