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Metabolic engineering of β‐carotene in orange fruit increases its in vivo antioxidant properties
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spellingShingle Pons, Elsa, Alquézar, Berta, Rodríguez, Ana, Martorell, Patricia, Genovés, Salvador, Ramón, Daniel, Rodrigo, María Jesús, Zacarías, Lorenzo, Peña, Leandro, Plant Biotechnology Journal, Metabolic engineering of β‐carotene in orange fruit increases its in vivo antioxidant properties, Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Biotechnology
title Metabolic engineering of β‐carotene in orange fruit increases its in vivo antioxidant properties
title_full Metabolic engineering of β‐carotene in orange fruit increases its in vivo antioxidant properties
title_fullStr Metabolic engineering of β‐carotene in orange fruit increases its in vivo antioxidant properties
title_full_unstemmed Metabolic engineering of β‐carotene in orange fruit increases its in vivo antioxidant properties
title_short Metabolic engineering of β‐carotene in orange fruit increases its in vivo antioxidant properties
title_sort metabolic engineering of β‐carotene in orange fruit increases its <i>in vivo</i> antioxidant properties
title_unstemmed Metabolic engineering of β‐carotene in orange fruit increases its in vivo antioxidant properties
topic Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Biotechnology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12112