The phytoene synthase gene family in the Grasses: Subfunctionalization provides tissue-specific control of carotenogenesis

Carotenoids are a complex class of isoprenoid pigments playing diverse roles in plants and providing nutritional value. Metabolic engineering of the biosynthetic pathway has been of interest to specifically address global vitamin A deficiency by breeding cereal crop staples in the Poaceae (Grass fam...

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Main Authors: Li, Faqiang, Tsfadia, Oren, Wurtzel, Eleanore T
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Landes Bioscience 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2652530/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19721751
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