An in vitro system for the rapid functional characterization of genes involved in carotenoid biosynthesis and accumulation

Plant Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 464-475

  Bai, Chao ^a   Rivera, Sol M ^a   Medina, Vicente ^a   Alves, Rui ^b   Vilaprinyo, Ester ^b   Sorribas, Albert ^b   Canela, Ramon ^a   Capell, Teresa ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^c   Christou, Paul ^a,d   Zhu, Changfu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

carotene ketolase; 1 deoxy d xylulose 5 phosphate synthase; carotenoids; gene function; rice (Oryza sativa); technical advance

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOIDS; GENE FUNCTION; RICE (ORYZA SATIVA); TECHNICAL ADVANCES; XYLULOSE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CITRUS FRUITS; LITHIUM; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; KOCHIA; ORYZA SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

BETA CAROTENE KETOLASE; BETA-CAROTENE KETOLASE; CAROTENOID; DEOXYXYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; DEOXYXYLULOSE-5-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; OXYGENASE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

1-DEOXY-D-XYLULOSE 5-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; PHENOTYPE; PLASTID; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; RICE (ORYZA SATIVA); SYNTHESIS; TECHNICAL ADVANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; Β-CAROTENE KETOLASE;

1-DEOXY-D-XYLULOSE 5-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CAROTENOIDS; GENE FUNCTION; RICE (ORYZA SATIVA); TECHNICAL ADVANCE; Β-CAROTENE KETOLASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORYZA SATIVA; OXYGENASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSFERASES; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84893661867     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12384     Document Type: Article

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