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Carotenoid accumulation and function in seeds and non-green tissues

Date

Authors

Howitt, Crispin A

Pogson, Barry

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Carotenoids are plant pigments that function as antioxidants, hormone precursors, colourants and essential components of the photosynthetic apparatus. Carotenoids accumulate in nearly all types of plastids, not just the chloroplast, and are thus found in

Keywords

Keywords: Arabidopsis protein; carotenoid; cis trans isomerase; CRTISO protein, Arabidopsis; isomerase; lycopene cyclase isomerase; lycopene cyclase-isomerase; oxidoreductase; phytoene dehydrogenase; carotenoid; biosynthesis; biotechnology; flower; fruit; gene expr ?-carotene; Amyloplast; Cereals; Fruit; Plastid; Regulation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/85379

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Plant Cell and Environment

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01492.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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