Molecular characterization of the anthocyanidin synthase gene in Forsythia x intermedia reveals organ-specific expression during flower development

Plant Science

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-79

  Rosati, Carlo ^a   Cadic, Alain ^a   Duron, Michel ^a   Ingouff, Mathieu ^a   Simoneau, Philippe ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Laboratoire POMA   (France)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Flavonoid pathway; Flowers; Forsythia; Gene expression; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

FORSYTHIA;

EID: 0033550155     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00146-6     Document Type: Article

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