The citrus transcription factor CsMADS6 modulates carotenoid metabolism by directly regulating carotenogenic genes

Plant Physiology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 2657-2676

  Lu, Suwen ^a   Zhang, Yin ^a   Zhu, Kaijie ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Ye, Junli ^a   Chai, Lijun ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a   Deng, Xiuxin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE 1; DIOXYGENASE; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWEET ORANGE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; CITRUS SINENSIS; DIOXYGENASES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERANYLGERANYL-DIPHOSPHATE GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85045530739     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01830     Document Type: Article

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