Expression of an Antirrhinum dihydroflavonol reductase gene results in changes in condensed tannin structure and accumulation in root cultures of Lotus corniculatus (bird's foot trefoil)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 443-458

  Bavage, Adrian D ^a,b   Davies, Ian G ^a   Robbins, Mark P ^a   Morris, Phillip ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antirrhinum; Co sense suppression; Dihydroflavonol reductase; Legume; Lotus; Metabolic manipulation; Tannins; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROFLAVANOL 4 REDUCTASE; DIHYDROFLAVANOL 4-REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; RHATANNIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; BENZOPYRANS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TANNINS;

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; AVES; LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0031282534     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005841214470     Document Type: Article

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