Cloning and characterization of a maize
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Zhou-Hui Li; Paul D. Matthews; Benjamin Burr; Eleanore T. Wurtzel
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Article
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1996
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Springer
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English
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To study regulation of the plastid-localized maize carotenoid biosynthetic pathway, a cDNA encoding phytoene desaturase (PDS) was isolated and characterized. The DNA sequence of the maize Pds cDNA was determined and compared with available dicot Pds genes. The deduced PDS protein, estimated at 64.1