The regulation of carotenoid formation in tomato fruit

Plant Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 774-788

  Enfissi, Eugenia M A ^a   Nogueira, Marilise ^a   Bramley, Peter M ^a   Fraser, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carotenoid; isoprenoid; Solanum lycopersicon

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; ISOMERS; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS;

BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CAROTENOID; CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; ISOPRENOIDS; LYCOPERSICON; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK MECHANISM; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

FRUITS;

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; FRUITS; TOMATOES;

CAROTENOID; PLANT PROTEIN; TERPENE;

FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TOMATO;

CAROTENOIDS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT PROTEINS; TERPENES;

EID: 85012919169     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13428     Document Type: Article

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