Differential contribution of the first two enzymes of the MEP pathway to the supply of metabolic precursors for carotenoid and chlorophyll biosynthesis in carrot (Daucus carota)

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue AUG2016, 2016, Pages

  Simpson, Kevin ^a   Quiroz, Luis F ^a   Rodriguez Concepción, Manuel ^b   Stange, Claudia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Carrot; Chlorophylls; Deoxyxylulose 5 phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR); Deoxyxylulose 5 phosphate synthase (DXS); Storage root

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986588459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01344     Document Type: Article

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