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Regulation of carotenoid formation during tomato fruit ripening and development.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Oct 2002
Bramley Peter M
Abstract excerpt
Carotenoid biosynthesis and its regulation during tomato fruit development and ripening is a complex process that occurs alongside the differentiation of chloroplasts into chromoplasts and changes to the organoleptic properties of the fruit. Unusually for plants, the ripe tomato fruit accumulates large amounts of lycopene, as the pattern of gene expression found in green fruit changes during fruit ripening....
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