Expression and functional analysis of citrus carotene hydroxylases: unravelling the xanthophyll biosynthesis in citrus fruits

Carotenoid Metabolism in Plants

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The carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase CCD2 catalysing the synthesis of crocetin in spring crocuses and saffron is a plastidial enzyme

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Modification of flower colour by suppressing β-ring carotene hydroxylase genes inOncidium

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Plasma Carotenoids and Retinol and Overall and Breast Cancer Risk: A Nested Case-Control Study

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Carotene Hydroxylase Activity Determines the Levels of Both  -Carotene and Total Carotenoids in Orange Carrots

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Biosynthetic routes of hydroxylated carotenoids (xanthophylls) in Marchantia polymorpha, and production of novel and rare xanthophylls through pathway engineering in Escherichia coli

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Metabolic engineering of β-carotene in orange fruit increases itsin vivoantioxidant properties

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Enzymatic Formation of  -Citraurin from  -Cryptoxanthin and Zeaxanthin by Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase4 in the Flavedo of Citrus Fruit

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Biochemical bases and molecular regulation of pigmentation in the peel of Citrus fruit

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A quadruple mutant of Arabidopsis reveals a β-carotene hydroxylation activity for LUT1/CYP97C1 and a regulatory role of xanthophylls on determination of the PSI/PSII ratio

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 -Cryptoxanthin Restores Nicotine-Reduced Lung SIRT1 to Normal Levels and Inhibits Nicotine-Promoted Lung Tumorigenesis and Emphysema in A/J Mice

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Rice Carotenoid β-Ring Hydroxylase CYP97A4 is Involved in Lutein Biosynthesis

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Synergistic Interactions between Carotene Ring Hydroxylases Drive Lutein Formation in Plant Carotenoid Biosynthesis

(2012) R. F. Quinlan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Expression and functional analysis of two lycopene β-cyclases from citrus fruits

(2012) Lancui Zhang et al.   PLANTA

Identification of a GCC transcription factor responding to fruit colour change events in citrus through the transcriptomic analyses of two mutants

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Mechanism of Visceral Fat Reduction in Tsumura Suzuki Obese, Diabetes (TSOD) Mice Orally Administered β-Cryptoxanthin from Satsuma Mandarin Oranges (Citrus unshiu Marc)

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Regulation of carotenoid accumulation and the expression of carotenoid metabolic genes in citrus juice sacs in vitro

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Characterization of P450 Carotenoid β- and ε-Hydroxylases of Tomato and Transcriptional Regulation of Xanthophyll Biosynthesis in Root, Leaf, Petal and Fruit

(2011) Adriana Lucia Stigliani et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Dietary patterns of antioxidant vitamin and carotenoid intake associated with bone mineral density: findings from post-menopausal Japanese female subjects

(2010) M. Sugiura et al.   OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL

Characterization of the  -Carotene Hydroxylase Gene DSM2 Conferring Drought and Oxidative Stress Resistance by Increasing Xanthophylls and Abscisic Acid Synthesis in Rice

(2010) H. Du et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Apocarotenoids: hormones, mycorrhizal metabolites and aroma volatiles

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Overexpression of CrtR-b2 (carotene beta hydroxylase 2) from S. lycopersicum L. differentially affects xanthophyll synthesis and accumulation in transgenic tomato plants

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Cloning and functional characterization of the maize carotenoid isomerase and β-carotene hydroxylase genes and their regulation during endosperm maturation

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Source to sink: regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants

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Molecular and functional characterization of a novel chromoplast-specific lycopene β-cyclase from Citrus and its relation to lycopene accumulation

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Over-expression of Arabidopsis thaliana carotenoid hydroxylases individually and in combination with a β-carotene ketolase provides insight into in vivo functions

(2009) Ji-Eun Kim et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

The Evolution and Function of Carotenoid Hydroxylases in Arabidopsis

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