Carotenoids biosynthesis and cleavage related genes from bacteria to plants

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 2018, Pages 2314-2333

  Liang, Ming Hua ^a,b   Zhu, Jianhua ^b,c,d   Jiang, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

carotenogenic genes; Carotenoid biosynthesis; carotenoid cleavage oxygenases (CCOs); lycopene cyclases; phytoene desaturases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANIMAL FEED SUPPLEMENTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; CYCLASES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OXYGENASES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS; PHYTOENE;

PIGMENTS;

CAROTENOID; CAROTENOID OXYGENASE; OXYGENASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; PLANT;

BACTERIA; CAROTENOIDS; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; OXYGENASES; PLANTS;

EID: 85059070344     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2017.1322552     Document Type: Review

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