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• Synergistic metabolism in hybrid corn indicates bottlenecks in the carotenoid pathway and leads to the accumulation of extraordinary levels of the nutritionally important carotenoid zeaxanthin 

  Naqvi, Shaista; Zhu, Changfu; Farré Martinez, Gemma; Sandmann, Gerhard; Capell Capell, Teresa; Christou, Paul (Wiley, 2011)

  Lutein and zeaxanthin cannot be synthesized de novo in humans, and althoughlutein is abundant in fruit and vegetables, good dietary sources of zeaxanthin arescarce. Certain corn varieties provide adequate amounts because ...

• 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 ...

• Engineering metabolic pathways in plants by multigene transformation 

  Zorrilla López, Uxue; Masip Vilà, Gemma; Arjó Pont, Gemma; Bai, Chao; Banakar, Raviraj; Bassie Rene, Ludovic; Berman Quintana, Judit; Farré Martinez, Gemma; Miralpeix i Anglada, Bruna; Pérez Massot, Eduard; Sabalza Gallués, Maite; Sanahuja Solsona, Georgina; Vamvaka, Evangelia; Twyman, Richard M.; Christou, Paul; Zhu, Changfu; Capell Capell, Teresa (University of the Basque Country Press, 2013)

  Metabolic engineering in plants can be used to increase the abundance of specific valuable metabolites, but single-point interventions generally do not improve the yields of target metabolites unless that product is ...