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lycopene biosynthetic process

Known as: lycopene formation, lycopene biosynthesis, lycopene synthesis 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of lycopene. [GOC:TermGenie, GOC:yaf, UniPathway:UPA00803]
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Ethylene independent induction of lycopene biosynthesis in tomato fruits by jasmonates
One of the main characteristics of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit ripening is a massive accumulation of carotenoids (mainly… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Enhancement of Tomato Fruit Lycopene by Potassium Is Cultivar Dependent
The purpose of this experiment was to determine the response of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivars with fruit of average… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Multi-dimensional gene target search for improving lycopene biosynthesis in Escherichia coli.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Sucrose deficiency delays lycopene accumulation in tomato fruit pericarp discs
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit ripening is characterized by a massive accumulation of carotenoids (mainly lycopene) as… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Identifying gene targets for the metabolic engineering of lycopene biosynthesis in Escherichia coli.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Two Arabidopsis thaliana carotene desaturases, phytoene desaturase and zeta-carotene desaturase, expressed in Escherichia coli, catalyze a poly-cis pathway to yield pro-lycopene.
We have expressed in Escerichia coli the enzymes geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase and phytoene synthase, from the soil… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Arachidonic acid alters tomato HMG expression and fruit growth and induces 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase-independent lycopene accumulation
Regulation of isoprenoid end-product synthesis required for normal growth and development in plants is not well understood. To… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Metabolic engineering for the production of carotenoids in non-carotenogenic bacteria and yeasts.
1998
1998
Identification of genes affecting lycopene formation in Escherichia coli transformed with carotenoid biosynthetic genes: candidates for early genes in isoprenoid biosynthesis.
Although isopentenyl diphosphate is a precursor of isoprenoids in Escherichia coli, the genes and enzymes involved in its… 
1995
1995
Regulation of lycopene formation in cell suspension culture of VFNT tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) by CPTA, growth regulators, sucrose, and temperature
The onium compound 2-(4-chlorophenylthio)-triethylamine (CPTA) was used to increase lycopene formation to levels approximating… 
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