Cloning and Functional Characterization of the Maize (Zea mays L.) Carotenoid Epsilon Hydroxylase Gene.

The assignment of functions to genes in the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway is necessary to understand how the pathway is regulated and to obtain the basic information required for metabolic engineering. Few carotenoid ε-hydroxylases have been functionally characterized in plants although this would...

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Main Authors: Shu Chang, Judit Berman, Yanmin Sheng, Yingdian Wang, Teresa Capell, Lianxuan Shi, Xiuzhen Ni, Gerhard Sandmann, Paul Christou, Changfu Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128758