Antisense inhibition of the beta-carotene hydroxylase enzyme in Arabidopsis and the implications for carotenoid accumulation, photoprotection and antenna assembly

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 127-137

  Rissler, Heather M ^a,b   Pogson, Barry J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carotenoid biosynthesis; light harvesting complex (LHC). NPQ; photoprotection; xanthophyll cycle; carotene hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

EID: 85082957340     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: 15735079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010669404183     Document Type: Article

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