The lycopene β-cyclase plays a significant role in provitamin A biosynthesis in wheat endosperm

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zeng, Jian ^a   Wang, Cheng ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Zang, Mingli ^a   Yuan, Cuihong ^a   Wang, Xiatian ^a   Wang, Qiong ^a   Li, Miao ^a   Li, Xiaoyan ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Li, Kexiu ^a   Chang, Junli ^a   Wang, Yuesheng ^a   Yang, Guangxiao ^a   He, Guangyuan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Lycopene; Lycopene cyclase; Provitamin A; RNA interference; Wheat; carotene

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

BETA CAROTENE; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; RETINOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA CAROTENE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOWN-REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, PLANT; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRITICUM; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84929316543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0514-5     Document Type: Article

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