Provitamin A carotenoids in staple crops are not very stable during storage and their loss compromises nutritional quality. To elucidate the fundamental mechanisms underlying carotenoid accumulation and stability, we ...
Supported by the Senior Visitor Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 39970356) ; the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing (Grant No. 5992003); A part of work was carried out in Iwate Biote
A full-length cDNA of GlFtsZ was isolated by screening the cDNA library of Gentiana lutea. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence encoded by GlFtsZ indicated that GlFtsZ protein possesses the typical conservative...