Carotenoid biosynthesis in flowering plants

Joseph Hirschberg*

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Abstract

The general scheme of carotenoid biosynthesis has been known for more than three decades. However, molecular description of the pathway in plants began only in the 1990s after the genes for the carotenogenic enzymes were cloned. Recent data on the biochemistry of carotenogenesis and its regulation in vivo present the possibility of genetically manipulating this pathway in crop plants.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)210-218
Number of pages9
JournalCurrent Opinion in Plant Biology
Volume4
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

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