Team:Harvard/color/inhibition

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the plan

As stated in the abstract, our goal is to accumulate the pigments lycopene and beta-carotene in the petals of arabidopsis, and we plan to do so by inhibiting the enzymes lycopene epsilon cyclase (LUT2), carotene beta-ring hydroxylase (BETA-OHASE 1), and lycopene beta cyclase (LYC) via artificial microRNA interference.

In our first scheme, we will knock out LUT2 on its own. We hope that this will induce accumulation of lycopene.

In our second scheme, we will knock out BETA-OHASE 1 on its own. We hope that this will induce accumulation of beta-carotene

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