Isolation and functional characterization of a lycopene β-cyclase gene promoter from citrus

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue September, 2016, Pages

  Lu, Suwen ^a   Zhang, Yin ^a   Zheng, Xiongjie ^a   Zhu, Kaijie ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a   Deng, Xiuxin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Cis element; Citrus; Enhancer; Lycopene cyclase; Promoter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988568860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01367     Document Type: Article

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