Identification of New Chalcone Synthase Genes for Flower Pigmentation in the Japanese and Common Morning Glories

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 754-758

  Fukada Tanaka, Sachiko ^a   Hoshino, Atsushi ^a,b   Hisatomi, Yasuyo ^a,b   Habu, Yoshiki ^a   Hasebe, Mitsuyasu ^a   Iida, Shigeru ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chalcone synthase gene; Flavonoid; Flower pigmentation; Gene expression; Ipomoea; Morning glory

Indexed keywords

CONVOLVULACEAE; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA PURPUREA;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031158921     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029232     Document Type: Article

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