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Abscisic acid deficiency in the tomato mutant high-pigment 3 leading to increased plastid number and higher fruit lycopene content.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2008
Galpaz Navot, Wang Qiang, Menda Naama, Zamir Dani, Hirschberg Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Carotenoids are present in most tissues of higher plants where they play a variety of essential roles. To study the regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis, we have isolated novel mutations in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) with altered pigmentation of fruit or flowers. Here we describe the isolation and analysis of a tomato mutant, high-pigment 3 (hp3), that accumulates 30% more carotenoids in the mature fruit....
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