The Phytoene synthase gene family of apple (Malus x domestica) and its role in controlling fruit carotenoid content

ArabidopsisOR proteins are the major posttranscriptional regulators of phytoene synthase in controlling carotenoid biosynthesis

(2015) Xiangjun Zhou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant carotenoids: genomics meets multi-gene engineering

(2014) Giovanni Giuliano   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

A and MdMYB1 allele-specific markers controlling apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) skin color and suitability for marker-assisted selection

(2014) X.J. Zhang et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH

Ancient Gene Duplicates in Gossypium (Cotton) Exhibit Near-Complete Expression Divergence

(2014) Simon Renny-Byfield et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Involvement of multiple phytoene synthase genes in tissue- and cultivar-specific accumulation of carotenoids in loquat

(2014) Xiumin Fu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Analysis of the MdMYB1 gene sequence and development of new molecular markers related to apple skin color and fruit-bearing traits

(2014) Kejun Yuan et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

TheAAT1locus is critical for the biosynthesis of esters contributing to ‘ripe apple’ flavour in ‘Royal Gala’ and ‘Granny Smith’ apples

(2014) Edwige J. F. Souleyre et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Temporal and spatial regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis provide diverse flower colour intensities and patterning in Cymbidium orchid

(2014) Lei Wang et al.   PLANTA

Functional Analysis of the Brassica napus L. Phytoene Synthase (PSY) Gene Family

(2014) Ada López-Emparán et al.   PLoS One

Mechanistic Aspects of Carotenoid Biosynthesis

(2013) Alexander R. Moise et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A STAY-GREEN protein SlSGR1 regulates lycopene and β-carotene accumulation by interacting directly with SlPSY1 during ripening processes in tomato

(2013) Zhidan Luo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A Large-Scale Identification of Direct Targets of the Tomato MADS Box Transcription Factor RIPENING INHIBITOR Reveals the Regulation of Fruit Ripening

(2013) M. Fujisawa et al.   PLANT CELL

Increase in transcript accumulation of Psy1 and e-Lcy genes in grain development is associated with differences in seed carotenoid content between durum wheat and tritordeum

(2013) Cristina Rodríguez-Suárez et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Dissection of Tomato Lycopene Biosynthesis through Virus-Induced Gene Silencing

(2013) E. Fantini et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The carotenoid biosynthetic pathway: Thinking in all dimensions

(2013) Maria Shumskaya et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Positive regulatory role of strigolactone in plant responses to drought and salt stress

(2013) C. V. Ha et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Heterologous Carotenoid-Biosynthetic Enzymes: Functional Complementation and Effects on Carotenoid Profiles in Escherichia coli

(2012) Gyu Hyeon Song et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Deciphering the genomic structure, function and evolution of carotenogenesis related phytoene synthases in grasses

(2012) Bianca Dibari et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Metabolic and gene expression analysis of apple (Malus × domestica) carotenogenesis

(2012) Charles Ampomah-Dwamena et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Plastid Localization of the Key Carotenoid Enzyme Phytoene Synthase Is Altered by Isozyme, Allelic Variation, and Activity

(2012) M. Shumskaya et al.   PLANT CELL

Functional Genomics Reveals That a Compact Terpene Synthase Gene Family Can Account for Terpene Volatile Production in Apple

(2012) N. J. Nieuwenhuizen et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

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

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

Maize Provitamin A Carotenoids, Current Resources, and Future Metabolic Engineering Challenges

(2012) Eleanore T. Wurtzel et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Functional allelic diversity of the apple alcohol acyl-transferase gene MdAAT1 associated with fruit ester volatile contents in apple cultivars

(2011) F. Dunemann et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Differential contributions to the transcriptome of duplicated genes in response to abiotic stresses in natural and synthetic polyploids

(2011) Shaowei Dong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Combined transcriptome, genetic diversity and metabolite profiling in tomato fruit reveals that the ethylene response factor SlERF6 plays an important role in ripening and carotenoid accumulation

(2011) Je Min Lee et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

An R2R3 MYB transcription factor associated with regulation of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway in Rosaceae

(2010) Kui Lin-Wang et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Optimization of a Method for the Extraction and Quantification of Carotenoids and Chlorophylls during Ripening in Grape Berries (Vitis viniferacv. Merlot)

(2010) Zindi Kamffer et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

The genome of the domesticated apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.)

(2010) Riccardo Velasco et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Provitamin A Accumulation in Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Roots Driven by a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in a Phytoene Synthase Gene

(2010) Ralf Welsch et al.   PLANT CELL

A tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) APETALA2/ERF gene, SlAP2a, is a negative regulator of fruit ripening

(2010) Mi-Young Chung et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The Role of Ethylene and Cold Temperature in the Regulation of the Apple POLYGALACTURONASE1 Gene and Fruit Softening

(2010) E. Tacken et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Characterization of phytoene synthases from cassava and their involvement in abiotic stress-mediated responses

(2010) Jacobo Arango et al.   PLANTA

Direct regulation of phytoene synthase gene expression and carotenoid biosynthesis by phytochrome-interacting factors

(2010) G. Toledo-Ortiz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The kiwifruit lycopene beta-cyclase plays a significant role in carotenoid accumulation in fruit

(2009) C. Ampomah-Dwamena et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Carotenoid biosynthesis genes in rice: structural analysis, genome-wide expression profiling and phylogenetic analysis

(2009) Neetu Chaudhary et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Multiple Repeats of a Promoter Segment Causes Transcription Factor Autoregulation in Red Apples

(2009) R. V. Espley et al.   PLANT CELL

Phytoene synthase activity controls the biosynthesis of carotenoids and the supply of their metabolic precursors in dark-grown Arabidopsis seedlings

(2009) Antía Rodríguez-Villalón et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Expression of carotenoid biosynthesis genes during carrot root development

(2008) J. Clotault et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The Maize Phytoene Synthase Gene Family: Overlapping Roles for Carotenogenesis in Endosperm, Photomorphogenesis, and Thermal Stress Tolerance

(2008) F. Li et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Third Phytoene Synthase Is Devoted to Abiotic Stress-Induced Abscisic Acid Formation in Rice and Defines Functional Diversification of Phytoene Synthase Genes

(2008) R. Welsch et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Differences in fruit colour development, anthocyanin content, fruit quality and consumer acceptability of eight ‘Gala’ apple strains

(2008) I. Iglesias et al.   SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

MYB transcription factors that colour our fruit

(2008) Andrew C. Allan et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

PSY3, a New Member of the Phytoene Synthase Gene Family Conserved in the Poaceae and Regulator of Abiotic Stress-Induced Root Carotenogenesis

(2007) F. Li et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY