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Overexpression of beta-carotene hydroxylase enhances stress tolerance in Arabidopsis [PDF]

, 2002
Plant stress caused by extreme environmental conditions is already a principal reason for yield reduction in crops. The threat of global environment change makes it increasingly important to generate crop plants that will withstand such conditions ...
Davison, P.A., Horton, P., Hunter, C.N.
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The regulatory frameworks surrounding CRISPR‐edited papaya and their impact on international commerce

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract The papaya tree (Carica papaya L.), native to the Americas, is cultivated in tropical regions and holds substantial economic importance, with an estimated export volume of 365 000 t in 2023. However, diseases caused by viruses, fungi, bacteria, and nematodes can lead to severe losses.
Luíza Favaratto, Mirielson L da Silva, David S Buss, Oeber F Quadros, Raul Tapia‐Tussell, José A Ventura, Antonio Alberto R Fernandes, Patricia M B Fernandes   +7 more
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Carotenoids and Dermoaesthetic Benefits: Public Health Implications

Cosmetics, 2023
Food technology, health, nutrition, dermatology, and aesthetics have focused on colorless carotenoids. Carotenoids are readily bioavailable and have demonstrated various health-promoting actions.
Foteini Biskanaki, Paraskevi Kalofiri, Niki Tertipi, Eleni Sfyri, Eleni Andreou, Vasiliki Kefala, Efstathios Rallis   +6 more
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The Intellectual and Technical Property Components of pro-Vitamin A Rice (GoldenRiceTM): A Preliminary Freedom-To-Operate Review [PDF]

, 2000
Rice is a staple food for millions of people, predominantly in Asia, but lacks essential nutritional components such as Vitamin A. This is very important for over 180 million children and women of child bearing age who suffer from Vitamin A deficiency in
Kowalski, Stanley P., Krattiger, Anatole F., Kryder, R. David   +2 more
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Target‐site and non‐target‐site mechanisms confer multiple herbicide resistance in waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) accessions from Wisconsin

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
The A101 accession is the first confirmed case of hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase resistance in Amaranthus tuberculatus in Wisconsin, and the first report of P450s associated with atrazine resistance in A. tuberculatus globally. Abstract BACKGROUND A preliminary screening identified a multiple herbicide‐resistant waterhemp, Amaranthus tuberculatus ...
Felipe A. Faleco, Isabel S. Werle, Alexander J. Lopez, Damilola A. Raiyemo, Patrick J. Tranel, Jed B. Colquhoun, Mark J. Renz, David E. Stoltenberg, Rodrigo Werle   +8 more
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Functional Characterization of the First Bona Fide Phytoene Synthase in Red Algae from Pyropia yezoensis

Marine Drugs
The formation of phytoene by condensing two geranylgeranyl diphosphate molecules catalyzed by phytoene synthase (PSY) is the first committed and rate-limiting step in carotenoid biosynthesis, which has been extensively investigated in bacteria, land ...
Cheng-Ling Li, Jia-Qiu Pu, Wei Zhou, Chuan-Ming Hu, Yin-Yin Deng, Ying-Ying Sun, Li-En Yang   +6 more
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Cytological and molecular characterization of carotenoid accumulation in normal and high-lycopene mutant oranges

Scientific Reports, 2017
Ripe Cara Cara sweet orange contains 25 times as much carotenoids in flesh as Newhall sweet orange, due to high accumulation of carotenes, mainly phytoene, lycopene and phytofluene.
Peng-jun Lu, Chun-yan Wang, Ting-ting Yin, Si-lin Zhong, Don Grierson, Kun-song Chen, Chang-jie Xu   +6 more
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Characterization and functional analysis of phytoene synthase gene family in tobacco

BMC Plant Biology, 2021
Background Carotenoids play important roles in photosynthesis, hormone signaling, and secondary metabolism. Phytoene synthase (PSY) catalyzes the first step of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway.
Zhaojun Wang, Lin Zhang, Chen Dong, Jinggong Guo, Lifeng Jin, Pan Wei, Feng Li, Xiaoquan Zhang, Ran Wang   +8 more
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Active Transposition of Insertion Sequences in Prokaryotes: Insights from the Response of Deinococcus geothermalis to Oxidative Stress

Antioxidants, 2022
Bacterial genomes contain numerous insertion sequences (ISs) as transposable elements involved in actions such as the sequestration, transmission, mutation and activation of genes that can influence the responsive capacity of the organism to ...
Eunjung Shin, Qianying Ye, Sung-Jae Lee
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A comprehensive review on the colorless carotenoids phytoene and phytofluene [PDF]

, 2015
Carotenoids and their derivatives are versatile isoprenoids involved in many varied actions, hence their importance in the agri-food industry, nutrition, health and other fields.
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