Comparative analysis of carotenoid accumulation in two goji (Lycium barbarum L. and L. ruthenicum Murr.) fruits

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Yongliang ^a,e   Zeng, Shaohua ^b   Sun, Wei ^d   Wu, Min ^b   Hu, Weiming ^a,e   Shen, Xiaofei ^a,e   Wang, Ying ^a,b,c  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Chromoplast; Fruit development; Gene expression; L. ruthenicum; Lycium barbarum

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; BETA-CAROTENE HYDROXYLASE; CAROTENOID; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE; ZETA-CAROTENE DESATURASE;

CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LYCIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLASTID; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANTHOCYANINS; CAROTENOIDS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; LYCIUM; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASTIDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84988696716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-014-0269-4     Document Type: Article

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