Cloning and functional characterization of the maize (Zea mays L.) carotenoid epsilon hydroxylase gene

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Chang, Shu ^a,c   Berman, Judit ^b   Sheng, Yanmin ^a   Wang, Yingdian ^c   Capell, Teresa ^b   Shi, Lianxuan ^d   Ni, Xiuzhen ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^e   Christou, Paul ^b,f   Zhu, Changfu ^a,b  

^a CHANGCHUN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CAROTENOID EPSILON HYDROXYLASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP97C19 GENE; ENDOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; HYDROXYLATION; INTRON; LUT1 GENE; MAIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ISOLATION; TRANSGENICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ZEA MAYS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LUTEIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PLANT LEAVES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84934985286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128758     Document Type: Article

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