Carotenoid composition of the flowers of Mimulus lewisii and related species: Implications regarding the prevalence and origin of two unique, allenic pigments.

LaFountain, Amy M; Frank, Harry A; Yuan, Yao-Wu

LaFountain, Amy M; Frank, Harry A; Yuan, Yao-Wu.

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LaFountain AM; Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 55 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3060, USA. Electronic address: amy.lafountain@uconn.edu.
Frank HA; Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 55 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3060, USA.
Yuan YW; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, 75 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, USA.

Arch Biochem Biophys ; 573: 32-9, 2015 May 01.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25778629

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Carotenoids/chemistry; Flowers/chemistry; Mimulus/chemistry; Xanthophylls/chemistry; Carotenoids/biosynthesis; Carotenoids/genetics; Flowers/genetics; Flowers/metabolism; Genes, Plant; Mimulus/genetics; Mimulus/metabolism; Phylogeny; Pigments, Biological/chemistry; Species Specificity; Transcriptome; Xanthophylls/biosynthesis

Key words

Carotenoid biosynthesis; High performance liquid chromatography; Mimulaxanthin; Monkeyflowers

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Carotenoids / Xanthophylls / Mimulus / Flowers Type of study: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Language: En Journal: Arch Biochem Biophys Year: 2015 Type: Article

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