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Regulation of carotenoid formation during tomato fruit ripening and development by Bramley, Peter M.

“…Carotenoid biosynthesis and its regulation during tomato fruit development and ripening is a complex process that occurs alongside the differentiation of…”
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Vitamin E by Bramley, P M, Elmadfa, I, Kafatos, A, Kelly, F J, Manios, Y, Roxborough, H E, Schuch, W, Sheehy, P J A, Wagner, K-H

“…There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the dietary intakes of vitamin E are insufficient to protect against the long‐term health risks associated…”
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Proteomic approach for the detection of chicken mechanically recovered meat by Surowiec, I., Koistinen, K.M., Fraser, P.D., Bramley, P.M.

“…Mechanically recovered meat is cheaper than raw meat and thus has been incorporated into many meat-derived products. EU regulations exclude mechanically…”
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Increases in cell elongation, plastid compartment size and phytoene synthase activity underlie the phenotype of the high pigment-1 mutant of tomato by Cookson, P.J, Kiano, J.W, Shipton, C.A, Fraser, P.D, Romer, S, Schuch, W, Bramley, P.M, Pyke, K.A

“…A characteristic trait of the high pigment-1 (hp-1) mutant phenotype of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) is increased pigmentation resulting in darker…”
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Elevation of the provitamin A content of transgenic tomato plants by Bramley, Peter M, Römer, Susanne, Fraser, Paul D, Kiano, Joy W, Shipton, Cathie A, Misawa, Norihiko, Schuch, Wolfgang

“…Tomato products are the principal dietary sources of lycopene and major source of beta-carotene, both of which have been shown to benefit human health. To…”
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Carotenoid Biosynthesis during Tomato Fruit Development (Evidence for Tissue-Specific Gene Expression) by Fraser, P. D., Truesdale, M. R., Bird, C. R., Schuch, W., Bramley, P. M.

“…Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv Ailsa Craig) fruit, at five stages of development, have been analyzed for their carotenoid and chlorophyll (Chl)…”
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Expression of prokaryotic 1-deoxy- d-xylulose-5-phosphatases in Escherichia coli increases carotenoid and ubiquinone biosynthesis by Harker, M., Bramley, P.M.

“…Isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) acts as the common, five-carbon building block in the biosynthesis of all isoprenoids. The first reaction of IPP biosynthesis in…”
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Subchromoplast Sequestration of Carotenoids Affects Regulatory Mechanisms in Tomato Lines Expressing Different Carotenoid Gene Combinations by Nogueira, Marilise, Mora, Leticia, Enfissi, Eugenia M.A., Bramley, Peter M., Fraser, Paul D.

“…Metabolic engineering of the carotenoid pathway in recent years has successfully enhanced the carotenoid contents of crop plants. It is now clear that only…”
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Constitutive expression of a fruit phytoene synthase gene in transgenic tomatoes causes dwarfism by redirecting metabolites from the gibberellin pathway by Fray, Rupert G., Wallace, Andrew, Fraser, Paul D., Valero, Daniel, Hedden, Peter, Bramley, Peter M., Grierson, Donald

“…Tomato plants transformed with a copy of the fruit‐expressed phytoene synthase cDNA under control of the CaMV 35S promoter showed ectopic production of…”
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Phytoene synthase from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) chloroplasts — partial purification and biochemical properties by Fraser, Paul D., Schuch, Wolfgang, Bramley, Peter M.

“…Phytoene synthase activity in tomato chloroplasts is membrane-associated, requiring treatment with high ionic strength buffer or mild non-ionic detergent for…”
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Upregulation of two ripening‐related genes from a non‐climacteric plant (pepper) in a transgenic climacteric plant (tomato) by KUNTZ, M, CHEN, H. C, SIMKIN, A. J, RÖMER, S, SHIPTON, C. A, DRAKE, R, SCHUCH, W, BRAMLEY, P. M

“…Summary Activities of promoters from the capsanthin/capsorubin synthase and fibrillin genes, which are molecular markers for ripening in the non‐climacteric…”
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Is lycopene beneficial to human health? by Bramley, Peter M

“…Since humans cannot synthesise carotenoids de novo, we depend upon the diet exclusively for the source of these micronutrients. Although the necessity for…”
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Evaluation of Transgenic Tomato Plants Expressing an Additional Phytoene Synthase in a Fruit-Specific Manner by Fraser, Paul D., Romer, Susanne, Shipton, Cathie A., Mills, Philippa B., Kiano, Joy W., Misawa, Norihiko, Drake, Rachel G., Schuch, Wolfgang, Bramley, Peter M.

“…Phytoene synthase from the bacterium Erwinia uredovora (crtB) has been overexpressed in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Ailsa Craig). Fruit-specific…”
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PlantProm: a database of plant promoter sequences by Shahmuradov, Ilham A., Gammerman, Alex J., Hancock, John M., Bramley, Peter M., Solovyev, Victor V.

“…PlantProm DB, a plant promoter database, is an annotated, non-redundant collection of proximal promoter sequences for RNA polymerase II with experimentally…”
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The regulation and genetic manipulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in tomato fruit by Bramley, P. M.

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Metabolic engineering of ketocarotenoid formation in higher plants by Ralley, L, Enfissi, E.M.A, Misawa, N, Schuch, W, Bramley, P.M, Fraser, P.D

“…Although higher plants synthesize carotenoids, they do not possess the ability to form ketocarotenoids. In order to generate higher plants capable of…”
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Antioxidant activities of carotenes and xanthophylls by Miller, Nicholas J., Sampson, Julia, Candeias, Luis P., Bramley, Peter M., Rice-Evans, Catherine A.

“…The purpose of this study was to assess the relative antioxidant activities of a range of carotenes and xanthophylls through the extent of their abilities to…”
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The relative antioxidant activities of plant-derived polyphenolic flavonoids by Rice-Evans, C A, Miller, N J, Bolwell, P G, Bramley, P M, Pridham, J B

“…The relative antioxidant activities, against radicals generated in the aqueous phase, of a range of plant-derived polyphenolic flavonoids, constituents of…”
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Why do we expect carotenoids to be antioxidants in vivo? by Rice-Evans, C A, Sampson, J, Bramley, P M, Holloway, D E

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Carotenoid biosynthesis: a target site for bleaching herbicides by Bramley, P M

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