Distinct expression and function of carotenoid metabolic genes and homoeologs in developing wheat grains

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Qin, Xiaoqiong ^a   Fischer, Kathryn ^a,b   Yu, Shu ^a   Dubcovsky, Jorge ^a,c   Tian, Li ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Shanghai CHENSHAN Botanical Garden   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase; Endosperm; Grain; Provitamin A; Spatial expression; Wheat; carotene

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; DIOXYGENASE; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PLANT PROTEIN;

ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; WHEAT;

CAROTENOIDS; DIOXYGENASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERANYLGERANYL-DIPHOSPHATE GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84978296216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0848-7     Document Type: Article

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