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Regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis during fruit maturation in the red-fleshed orange mutant Cara Cara.
Phytochemistry - 1 Jul 2008
Alquezar Berta, Rodrigo Maria J, Zacarías Lorenzo
Abstract excerpt
Cara Cara is a spontaneous bud mutation of Navel orange (Citrus. sinensis L. Osbeck) characterized by developing fruits with a pulp of bright red coloration due to the presence of lycopene. Peel of mutant fruits is however orange and indistinguishable from its parental. To elucidate the basis of lycopene accumulation in Cara Cara, we analyzed carotenoid profile and expression of three isoprenoid and nine...
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