The an11 locus controlling flower pigmentation in petunia encodes a novel WD-repeat protein conserved in yeast, plants, and animals

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1422-1434

  De Vetten, Nick ^a   Quattrocchio, Francesca ^a   Mol, Joseph ^a   Koes, Ronald ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; MYB; Petunia; Signal transduction; Transcription control; WD 40

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; PETUNIA;

EID: 0031010722     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.11.1422     Document Type: Article

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