Metabolic engineering of β-carotene in orange fruit increases its in vivo antioxidant properties

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-27

  Pons, Elsa ^a   Alquézar, Berta ^a   Rodríguez, Ana ^a   Martorell, Patricia ^b   Genovés, Salvador ^b   Ramón, Daniel ^b   Rodrigo, María Jesús ^c   Zacarías, Lorenzo ^c   Peña, Leandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b Food Biotechnology Department   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Carotenoids; Citrus; FLOWERING LOCUS T; Genetic transformation; Health

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS;

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE HYDROXYLASE; BETA-CAROTENE HYDROXYLASE; CAROTENOID; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CITRUS; FLOWERING LOCUS T; FRUIT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HEALTH; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAROTENOIDS; CITRUS; FLOWERING LOCUS T; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HEALTH;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CITRUS; FRUIT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84891167112     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12112     Document Type: Article

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