Accumulation of Carotenoids and Expression of Carotenoid Biosynthetic Genes during Maturation in Citrus Fruit

Kato, Masaya; Ikoma, Yoshinori; Matsumoto, Hikaru; Sugiura, Minoru; Hyodo, Hiroshi; Yano, Masamichi

doi:10.1104/pp.103.031104

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Accumulation of Carotenoids and Expression of Carotenoid Biosynthetic Genes during Maturation in Citrus Fruit

Published in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY • Feb 1, 2004

Authors:

Masaya Kato

Yoshinori Ikoma

Hikaru Matsumoto

Abstract

The relationship between carotenoid accumulation and the expression of carotenoid biosynthetic genes during fruit maturation was investigated in three citrus varieties, Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc.), Valencia orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck), and Lisbon lemon (Citrus limon Burm.f.). We clone...

Subject

Phytoene synthase

Citrus unshiu

Carotenoid

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