Papaya CpEIN3a and CpNAC2 co-operatively regulate carotenoid biosynthesis-related genes CpPDS2/4, CpLCY-e and CpCHY-b during fruit ripening

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2155-2165

  Fu, Chang Chun ^a   Han, Yan Chao ^b   Kuang, Jian Fei ^a   Chen, Jian Ye ^a   Lu, Wang Jin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoid biosynthesis related genes; EIN3; NAC; Papaya fruit; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BETA-CAROTENE HYDROXYLASE; CAROTENOID; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZETA-CAROTENE DESATURASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARICA; FRUIT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

CARICA; CAROTENOIDS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85044301437     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcx149     Document Type: Article

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