Elucidation of the whole carotenoid biosynthetic pathway of aphids at the gene level and arthropodal food chain involving aphids and the red dragonfly

Elucidation of the whole carotenoid biosynthetic pathway of aphids at the gene level and arthropodal food chain involving aphids and the red dragonfly

Abstract Background Aphids can be positioned as robust pest insects in farming and as ones of the model organisms for arthropods in molecular biology. Carotenoids are pigments that protect organisms from photooxidative damage caused by excessive light. Aphids were shown to possess genes of fungal or...

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Main Authors: Miho Takemura, Takashi Maoka, Takashi Koyanagi, Naoki Kawase, Ritsuo Nishida, Tsutomu Tsuchida, Mantaro Hironaka, Tetsuyuki Ueda, Norihiko Misawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:BMC Zoology
Subjects:
Carotenoid biosynthesis
Functional analysis
Escherichia coli
Aphids
Acyrthosiphon pisum
Sympetrum frequens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-021-00082-w

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