Molecular analysis of a second functional A1 gene (dihydroflavonol 4-reductase) in Zea mays

Plant Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-488

  Bernhardt, Jürgen ^b   Stich, Karl ^c   Schwarz Sommer, Zsuzsanna ^a   Saedler, Heinz ^a   Wienand, Udo ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIHYDROFLAVONOL 4 REDUCTASE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLANT GENETICS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TEOSINTE GUERRERO;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; ZEA MAYS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032078686     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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