Flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H) expression and flavonoid localization in nodules of three legume plants reveal distinct tissue specificities

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 924-932

  Charrier, Benedicte ^a,c   Trinh, Hanh ^a   Poirier, Simone ^a   Kondorosi, Adam ^a,b   Ratet, Pascal ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell wall; CHS; IFR; Phytoalexins; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FLAVANONE 3 HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONOID; LEGUME; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

FABACEAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RHIZOBIACEAE; VICIA HIRSUTA;

EID: 0031709442     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.9.924     Document Type: Article

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