Molecular characterization, critical amino acid identification, and promoter analysis of a lycopene β-cyclase gene from citrus

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 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

Allelic sequence variation; Citrus; Lycopene; Lycopene cyclase; Promoter analysis; Site directed mutation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994257197     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-016-1066-z     Document Type: Article

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