Expression of anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway genes in red and white grapes

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 565-569

  Boss, Paul K ^a,b,c   Davies, Christopher ^a,b   Robinson, Simon P ^a,b  

^a Adelaide Laboratory   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

anthocyanin; flavonoid; gene expression; grape; proanthocyanidin; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030292786     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00019111     Document Type: Article

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