Enhanced accumulation of carotenoids in sweetpotato plants overexpressing IbOr-Ins gene in purple-fleshed sweetpotato cultivar

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 82-90

  Park, Sung Chul ^a,b   Kim, Sun Ha ^a   Park, Seyeon ^a,b   Lee, Hyeong Un ^c   Lee, Joon Seol ^c   Park, Woo Sung ^d   Ahn, Mi Jeong ^d   Kim, Yun Hee ^e   Jeong, Jae Cheol ^a   Lee, Haeng Soon ^a,b   Kwak, Sang Soo ^a,b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^d Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^e Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Carotenoid; Orange gene; Sweetpotato; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

ANTHOCYANIN; BETA CAROTENE; BETA-CAROTENE HYDROXYLASE; CAROTENOID; CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE 1; CHLOROPHYLL; DIOXYGENASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZEAXANTHIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TUBER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEET POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; BETA CAROTENE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; DIOXYGENASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT TUBERS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEAXANTHINS;

EID: 84912001276     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.11.017     Document Type: Article

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