Carotene Hydroxylase Activity Determines the Levels of Both α-Carotene and Total Carotenoids in Oran...
Carotene Hydroxylase Activity Determines the Levels of Both α-Carotene and Total Carotenoids in Orange Carrots
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England: American Society of Plant Biologists
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English
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England: American Society of Plant Biologists
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The typically intense carotenoid accumulation in cultivated orange-rooted carrots (Daucus carota) is determined by a high protein abundance of the rate-limiting enzyme for carotenoid biosynthesis, phytoene synthase (PSY), as compared with white-rooted cultivars. However, in contrast to other carotenoid accumulating systems, orange carrots are chara...
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Carotene Hydroxylase Activity Determines the Levels of Both α-Carotene and Total Carotenoids in Orange Carrots
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4079379
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4079379
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1040-4651
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1532-298X
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10.1105/tpc.113.122127
