Unraveling massive crocins transport and accumulation through proteome and microscopy tools during the development of saffron stigma

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Gómez Gómez, Lourdes ^a   Parra Vega, Verónica ^b   Rivas Sendra, Alba ^b   Seguí Simarro, Jose M ^b   Molina, Rosa Victoria ^b   Pallotti, Claudia ^b   Rubio Moraga, Ángela ^a   Diretto, Gianfranco ^c   Prieto, Alicia ^d   Ahrazem, Oussama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromoplast; Crocetin; Crocins; Proteome; Transport

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXY D XYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE REDUCTOISOMERASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; APOCAROTENOID; CAROTENE SYNTHASE; CAROTENOID ISOMERASE; CHLOROPLAST INNER ENVELOPE PROTEIN; CROCETIN; CROCETIN GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; CROCIN; FAT DROPLET; FIBRILLIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; GERANYLGERANYL PHYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPRENOID; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PLANT PROTEIN; PLASTID LIPID ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEOME; UDP DEPENDENT GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAROTENOID; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMOPLAST; CROCUS SATIVUS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENTATION; PISTIL STIGMA; PLANT GENE; PLANT METABOLISM; PLASTID GENOME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CROCUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLASTID; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CAROTENOIDS; CROCUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; PROTEOME; TERPENES;

EID: 85007552764     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms18010076     Document Type: Article

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