Leucocyanidin reductase activity and accumulation of proanthocyanidins in developing legume tissues

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 494-503

  Skadhauge, Birgitte ^a   Gruber, Margaret Y ^b   Thomsen, Karl Kristian ^a   Von Wettstein, Diter ^a  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Hedysarum sulfurescens; Leucocyanidin reductase; Loguminosae; Lotus japonicus; Lotus uliginosus; Medicago sativa; Proanthocyanidins; Robinia pseudacacia

Indexed keywords

HEDYSARUM; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; LOTUS ULIGINOSUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDACACIA;

EID: 0030860746     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446026     Document Type: Article

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