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List of works by Gerhard Sandmann

A novel carotenoid, 4-keto-α-carotene, as an unexpected by-product during genetic engineering of carotenogenesis in rice callus.

scientific article

An in vitro system for the rapid functional characterization of genes involved in carotenoid biosynthesis and accumulation

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Biofortification of crops with nutrients: factors affecting utilization and storage

scientific article published on 6 January 2017

Bottlenecks in carotenoid biosynthesis and accumulation in rice endosperm are influenced by the precursor-product balance

scientific article published on 7 April 2015

Carotenoid-enriched transgenic corn delivers bioavailable carotenoids to poultry and protects them against coccidiosis

scientific article published on 2 April 2015

Cloning and Functional Characterization of the Maize (Zea mays L.) Carotenoid Epsilon Hydroxylase Gene

scientific article published on June 2015

Cloning and functional analysis of the promoters that upregulate carotenogenic gene expression during flower development in Gentiana lutea.

scientific article published on 27 December 2013

Cloning and functional characterization of the maize carotenoid isomerase and β-carotene hydroxylase genes and their regulation during endosperm maturation

scientific article

Combinatorial genetic transformation generates a library of metabolic phenotypes for the carotenoid pathway in maize

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Combined transcript, proteome, and metabolite analysis of transgenic maize seeds engineered for enhanced carotenoid synthesis reveals pleotropic effects in core metabolism

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Engineered maize as a source of astaxanthin: processing and application as fish feed.

scientific article published on 12 August 2016

Functional characterization of the Gentiana lutea zeaxanthin epoxidase (GlZEP) promoter in transgenic tomato plants

scientific article published in October 2012

Identification of line-specific strategies for improving carotenoid production in synthetic maize through data-driven mathematical modeling.

scientific article

Provitamin A carotenoids from an engineered high-carotenoid maize are bioavailable and zeaxanthin does not compromise β-carotene absorption in poultry

scientific article published on 23 June 2017

Reconstruction of the astaxanthin biosynthesis pathway in rice endosperm reveals a metabolic bottleneck at the level of endogenous β-carotene hydroxylase activity

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Red Anthocyanins and Yellow Carotenoids Form the Color of Orange-Flower Gentian (Gentiana lutea L. var. aurantiaca)

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Simultaneous expression of Arabidopsis ρ-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase and MPBQ methyltransferase in transgenic corn kernels triples the tocopherol content

Synergistic metabolism in hybrid corn indicates bottlenecks in the carotenoid pathway and leads to the accumulation of extraordinary levels of the nutritionally important carotenoid zeaxanthin.

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Targeted transcriptomic and metabolic profiling reveals temporal bottlenecks in the maize carotenoid pathway that may be addressed by multigene engineering

scientific article published on 30 May 2013

The Arabidopsis ORANGE (AtOR) gene promotes carotenoid accumulation in transgenic corn hybrids derived from parental lines with limited carotenoid pools.

scientific article published on 17 March 2017

The Silencing of Carotenoid β-Hydroxylases by RNA Interference in Different Maize Genetic Backgrounds Increases the β-Carotene Content of the Endosperm.

scientific article published on 24 November 2017

The distribution of carotenoids in hens fed on biofortified maize is influenced by feed composition, absorption, resource allocation and storage

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

Transgenic multivitamin corn through biofortification of endosperm with three vitamins representing three distinct metabolic pathways

scholarly article

Transgenic rice grains expressing a heterologous ρ-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase shift tocopherol synthesis from the γ to the α isoform without increasing absolute tocopherol levels

scientific article published on 24 February 2012