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Specific Upregulation of a Cotton Phytoene Synthase Gene Produces Golden Cottonseeds with Enhanced Provitamin A

Provitamin A (PVA) bio-fortification of crops offers a sustainable strategy to prevent the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD), one of the world’s major public health problems. The present work aimed to enhance PVA accumulation in cottonseed, the main by-product in the production of cotton fibe...

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Autores principales: Yao, Dan, Wang, Yi, Li, Qian, Ouyang, Xufen, Li, Yaohua, Wang, Chuannan, Ding, Lingli, Hou, Lei, Luo, Ming, Xiao, Yuehua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5778082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29358599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19866-1