Changing form and function through carotenoids and synthetic biology

Plant Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 830-843

  Wurtzel, Eleanore T ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRENDS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85062997741     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.01122     Document Type: Article

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