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A CD36-related Transmembrane Protein Is Coordinated with an Intracellular Lipid-binding Protein in Selective Carotenoid Transport for Cocoon Coloration

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Purification and Partial Characterization of a Lutein-Binding Protein from Human Retina

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Mutation in Bovine  -Carotene Oxygenase 2 Affects Milk Color

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Circulatory lipid transport: lipoprotein assembly and function from an evolutionary perspective

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Evolution of a Novel Carotenoid-Binding Protein Responsible for Crustacean Shell Color

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Hepatic conversion of red carotenoids in passerine birds

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Xanthophylls are preferentially taken up compared with β-carotene by retinal cells via a SRBI-dependent mechanism,

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Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken

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