The carotenoid biosynthetic and catabolic genes in wheat and their association with yellow pigments

BACKGROUND: In plants carotenoids play an important role in the photosynthetic process and photo-oxidative protection, and are the substrate for the synthesis of abscisic acid and strigolactones. In addition to their protective role as antioxidants and precursors of vitamin A, in wheat carotenoids a...

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Published in:BMC Genomics
Main Authors: Colasuonno, Pasqualina, Lozito, Maria Luisa, Marcotuli, Ilaria, Nigro, Domenica, Giancaspro, Angelica, Mangini, Giacomo, De Vita, Pasquale, Mastrangelo, Anna Maria, Pecchioni, Nicola, Houston, Kelly, Simeone, Rosanna, Gadaleta, Agata, Blanco, Antonio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5286776/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28143400
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-3395-6
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