Carotenoid analysis of a liverwort marchantia polymorpha and functional identification of its lycopene β-and ε-cyclase genes

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 194-200

  Takemura, Miho ^a   Maoka, Takashi ^a,b   Misawa, Norihiko ^a  

^a ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotene; Carotene; Liverwort; Lycopene cyclase; Marchantia polymorpha

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVERWORT; LYCOPENE CYCLASE; MARCHANTIA; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; Α-CAROTENE; Β-CAROTENE;

LIVERWORT; LYCOPENE CYCLASE; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA; Α-CAROTENE; Β-CAROTENE;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MARCHANTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84892770053     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct170     Document Type: Article

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