supported by the State Key Basic Research and Development Plan of China(2007CB108800);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30771167 and 90817002);supported by the National Undergraduate Innovation Program and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (J0730641)
Carotenoids are important plant pigments for both light harvesting and photooxidation protection. Using the model system of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, we characterized the regulation of gene...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30771167);the State Key Basic Research and Development Plan of China(2007CB108802);the USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants (2007-35318-17794 and 2001-35318-11136)
Carotenoids are indispensable to plants and play a critical role in human nutrition and health. Significant progress has been made in our understanding of carotenoid metabolism in plants. The biosynthetic pathway has ...