Functional analysis of the Brassica napus L. Phytoene Synthase (PSY) gene family

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  López Emparán, Ada ^a,b   Quezada Martinez, Daniela ^a   Zúñiga Bustos, Matías ^b   Cifuentes, Víctor ^c   Iñiguez Luy, Federico ^a   Federico, María Laura ^a  

^a Agri Aquaculture Nutritional Genomic Center (CGNA)   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; CAROTENOID; LIGASE; PHYTOENE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EUDICOT; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MONOCOT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT SEED; PLANT TUBER; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSY GENE; RAPESEED; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRASSICA NAPUS; CAROTENOIDS; GENES, PLANT; LIGASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84918527446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114878     Document Type: Article

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