Browsing Articles publicats (Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques) by Subject "Zea mays"

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Identification of line-specific strategies for improving carotenoid production in synthetic maize through data-driven mathematical modeling

Comas, Jorge; Benfeitas, Rui; Vilaprinyo Terré, Ester; Sorribas Tello, Albert; Solsona Tehàs, Francesc; Farré Martinez, Gemma; Berman Quintana, Judit; Zorrilla López, Uxue; Capell Capell, Teresa; Sandmann, Gerhard; Zhu, Changfu; Christou, Paul; Alves, Rui (Wiley online library, 2016)

Plant synthetic biology is still in its infancy. However, synthetic biology approaches have been used to manipulate and improve the nutritional and health value of staple food crops such as rice, potato and maize. With ...
Targeted transcriptomic and metabolic profiling reveals temporal bottlenecks in the maize carotenoid pathway that may be addressed by multigene engineering

Farré Martinez, Gemma; Rivera Vélez, Sol Maiam; Alves, Rui; Vilaprinyo Terré, Ester; Sorribas Tello, Albert; Canela i Garayoa, Ramon; Naqvi, Shaista; Sandmann, Gerhard; Capell Capell, Teresa; Zhu, Changfu; Christou, Paul (Wiley, 2013)

Carotenoids are a diverse group of tetraterpenoid pigments found in plants, fungi, bacteria and some animals. They play vital roles in plants and provide important health benefits to mammals, including humans. We ...