3 Carotenoids
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 14: Plant Pigments and their Manipulation
Abby Cuttriss,
Barry Pogson,
Abby Cuttriss
School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
Search for more papers by this authorBarry Pogson
School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
Search for more papers by this authorAbby Cuttriss,
Barry Pogson,
Abby Cuttriss
School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
Search for more papers by this authorBarry Pogson
School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
Search for more papers by this authorThis article was originally published in 2004 in Plant Pigments and their Manipulation, Volume 14 (ISBN 9781405117371) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Kevin M. Davies. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Structure, Function and Manipulation
- Biosynthesis and Regulation
- Conclusions and Future Directions
- Acknowledgements
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