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Levels of Lycopene β-Cyclase 1 Modulate Carotenoid Gene Expression and Accumulation in Daucus carota Moreno, Juan Camilo; Pizarro, Lorena; Fuentes, Paulina; Handford, Michael; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Stange Klein, Claudia (2013)Plant carotenoids are synthesized and accumulated in plastids through a highly regulated pathway. Lycopene β-cyclase (LCYB) is a key enzyme involved directly in the synthesis of α-carotene and β-carotene through the ...
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Fuentes, Paulina; Pizarro, Lorena; Moreno, Juan Camilo; Handford, Michael; Rodriguez-Concepcion, Manuel; Stange Klein, Claudia (2012)Carrot is an important nutritional crop due to the high levels of pro-vitamin A carotenoids (β-carotene and, to a lower extent, α-carotene) that accumulate in its storage root during secondary growth. In this work we show ...