Daucus carota as a novel model to evaluate the effect of light on carotenogenic gene expression

Carotenoids are synthesized in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. In plants and algae, these lipophilic molecules possess antioxidant properties acting as reactive oxygen species scavengers and exert functional roles in hormone synthesis, photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis and in photoprotection....

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Main Authors: CLAUDIA STANGE, PAULINA FUENTES, MICHAEL HANDFORD, LORENA PIZARRO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602008000300006