The gene encoding flavanone 3-hydroxylase is expressed normally in the pale yellow flowers of the Japanese morning glory carrying the speckled mutation which produce neither flavonol nor anthocyanin but accumulate chalcone, aurone and flavanone

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 970-974

  Hoshino, Atsushi ^a,b,c   Abe, Yukihide ^d   Saito, Norio ^e   Inagaki, Yoshishige ^a,c   Iida, Shigeru ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin biosynthesis; Flavanone 3 hydroxylase (F3H) (EC 1.14.11.9); Flavonoids; Flower variegation; Japanese morning glory; Mutable speckled allele

Indexed keywords

COROLLA; IPOMOEA;

EID: 0031214006     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029260     Document Type: Article

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