Molecular cloning and functional characterization of the Lycopene ε-cyclase gene via virus-induced gene silencing and its expression pattern in Nicotiana tabacum

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 14766-14785

  Shi, Yanmei ^a,b   Wang, Ran ^b   Luo, Zhaopeng ^b   Jin, Lifeng ^b   Liu, Pingping ^b   Chen, Qiansi ^b   Li, Zefeng ^b   Li, Feng ^b   Wei, Chunyang ^b   Wu, Mingzhu ^b   Wei, Pan ^b   Xie, He ^b   Qu, Lingbo ^a,c   Lin, Fucheng ^b   Yang, Jun ^b  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Tobacco Gene Research Center Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute ^*  (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoid biosynthesis; Functional characterization; Lycopene cyclase; Nicotiana tabacum; Virus induced gene silencing

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYCOPENE; NEOXANTHIN; VIOLAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYCOPENE EPSILON CYCLASE GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS; VIRUS; VIRUS INDUCED GENE SILENCING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE SILENCING; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; TOBACCO; VIRUSES;

EID: 84925184338     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms150814766     Document Type: Article

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