Changes in carotenoid profiles and in the expression pattern of the genes in carotenoid metabolisms during fruit development and ripening in four watermelon cultivars

Food Chemistry

Volumn 174, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-59

  Lv, Pin ^a   Li, Na ^a   Liu, Hui ^b   Gu, Huihui ^a   Zhao, Wen En ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Fruit development; Gene expression; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; GENES; METABOLISM; PIGMENTS;

BIOSYNTHETIC GENE; CAROTENOID PROFILES; CAROTENOIDS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPT LEVEL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; WATERMELON;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; VIOLAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHYB GENE; CRTISO GENE; CULTIVAR; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT RIPENING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GGPS GENE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LCYB GENE; NCED1 GENE; NCED2 GENE; NCED3 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PDS GENE; PLANT GENE; PSY-A GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VITAMIN METABOLISM; WATERMELON; ZDS GENE; ZEP GENE; CHEMISTRY; CITRULLUS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

CAROTENOIDS; CITRULLUS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84910684527     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.11.022     Document Type: Article

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