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From: The organ-specific differential roles of rice DXS and DXR, the first two enzymes of the MEP pathway, in carotenoid metabolism in Oryza sativa leaves and seeds

Fig. 2

Spatial and temporal expression of rice genes encoding deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate synthase (DXS) or deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR). Endogenous transcript levels of the OsDXS1, OsDXS2, OsDXS3, and OsDXR genes were examined by qRT-PCR using total RNA isolated from various tissues, including leaves (L), roots (R), and florets (F) of vegetative stage and reproductive stage tissues, and seeds (Se) harvested at 40 days after flowering using gene-specific primers as shown in Additional file 4: Table S8. All transcript levels measured in three technical replicates were calculated by the ΔCt equation against the OsUbi5 gene. The results are expressed as the mean ± standard error (SE)

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