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Arabidopsis carotenoid mutants demonstrate that lutein is not essential for photosynthesis in higher plants.
The Plant cell - 1 Sept 1996
Pogson B, McDonald K A, Truong M, Britton G, DellaPenna D
Abstract excerpt
Lutein, a dihydroxy beta, epsilon-carotenoid, is the predominant carotenoid in photosynthetic plant tissue and plays a critical role in light-harvesting complex assembly and function. To further understand lutein synthesis and function, we isolated four lutein-deficient mutants of Arabidopsis tha...
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