| Title | Plant carotenoids: Genomics meets multi-gene engineering |
|---|---|
| Publication Type | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Authors | Giuliano, Giovanni |
| Journal | Current Opinion in Plant Biology |
| Volume | 19 |
| Pagination | 111-117 |
| ISSN | 13695266 |
| Keywords | Carotenoid, Carotenoids, Genetic engineering, genetics, Genome, metabolism, Plant, plant genome, Plants |
| Abstract | Carotenoids are present in plant photosynthetic tissues, where they have essential roles in photoreception and photoprotection, as well as in non-photosynthetic tissues, where they act as colorants, precursors for plant isoprenoid volatiles and signaling molecules (abscisic acid and strigolactones), nutritional antioxidants and vitamin A precursors. This review presents the recent advances in our understanding of their biosynthesis, the key metabolic steps controlling their accumulation in plant non-photosynthetic tissues and their metabolic engineering using multi-gene approaches. © 2014 The Author. |
| Notes | cited By 112 |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84901982241&doi=10.1016%2fj.pbi.2014.05.006&partnerID=40&md5=c932f94a0eefc693ba8c4829420b7f94 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.pbi.2014.05.006 |
| Citation Key | Giuliano2014111 |
