Functional analysis of the early steps of carotenoid biosynthesis in tobacco

Plant Physiology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 439-453

  Busch, Marco ^a   Seuter, Anja ^a   Hain, Rüdiger ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; HARVESTING; HERBICIDES; METABOLISM; RNA;

CAROTENOIDS;

TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS BREEDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, ANTISENSE; TOBACCO;

EID: 85047683461     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.010573     Document Type: Article

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