Cytological and molecular characterization of carotenoid accumulation in normal and high-lycopene mutant oranges

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Lu, Peng Jun ^a   Wang, Chun Yan ^a   Yin, Ting Ting ^a   Zhong, Si Lin ^b   Grierson, Don ^a,c   Chen, Kun Song ^a   Xu, Chang Jie ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; MESSENGER RNA;

DNA SEQUENCE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT GENE; PLASTID; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SWEET ORANGE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CAROTENOIDS; CITRUS SINENSIS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLASTIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 85018784501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00898-y     Document Type: Article

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