Specific Upregulation of a Cotton Phytoene Synthase Gene Produces Golden Cottonseeds with Enhanced Provitamin A

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Yao, Dan ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Li, Qian ^a   Ouyang, Xufen ^a   Li, Yaohua ^a   Wang, Chuannan ^a   Ding, Lingli ^a   Hou, Lei ^a   Luo, Ming ^a   Xiao, Yuehua ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; COTTON SEED OIL; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PROVITAMIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; COTTONSEED OIL; GERANYLGERANYL-DIPHOSPHATE GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; GOSSYPIUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROVITAMINS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 85040906656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19866-1     Document Type: Article

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