Cloning and comparative analysis of carotenoid β-hydroxylase genes provides new insights into carotenoid metabolism in tetraploid (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum) and hexaploid (Triticum aestivum) wheat grains

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

(2012) Alessia Fiore et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Provitamin A and vitamin C contents in selected California-grown cantaloupe and honeydew melons and imported melons

(2010) Lisa M. Laur et al.   JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS

Rare genetic variation at Zea mays crtRB1 increases β-carotene in maize grain

(2010) Jianbing Yan et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Synergistic metabolism in hybrid corn indicates bottlenecks in the carotenoid pathway and leads to the accumulation of extraordinary levels of the nutritionally important carotenoid zeaxanthin

(2010) Shaista Naqvi et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

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

Identification and validation of reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR normalization in wheat

(2009) Anna R Paolacci et al.   BMC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A modified TILLING approach to detect induced mutations in tetraploid and hexaploid wheat

(2009) Cristobal Uauy et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Alternative splicing, activation of cryptic exons and amino acid substitutions in carotenoid biosynthetic genes are associated with lutein accumulation in wheat endosperm

(2009) Crispin A. Howitt et al.   FUNCTIONAL & INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS

The Evolution and Function of Carotenoid Hydroxylases in Arabidopsis

(2009) Joonyul Kim et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Metabolite Sorting of a Germplasm Collection Reveals the Hydroxylase3 Locus as a New Target for Maize Provitamin A Biofortification

(2009) R. Vallabhaneni et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Transcriptome analysis of grain development in hexaploid wheat

(2008) Yongfang Wan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Natural Genetic Variation in Lycopene Epsilon Cyclase Tapped for Maize Biofortification

(2008) C. E. Harjes et al.   SCIENCE