Copigmentation gives bluer flowers on transgenic torenia plants with the antisense dihydroflavonol-4-reductase gene

Plant Science

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-56

  Aida, Ryutaro ^a   Yoshida, Kumi ^b   Kondo, Tadao ^c   Kishimoto, Sanae ^a   Shibata, Michio ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SUGIYAMA JOGAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Bluing effect; Copigmentation; Flower color breeding; Torenia fournieri; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CHALCONE; DIHYDROFLAVONOL 4 REDUCTASE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PLANT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

TORENIA; TORENIA FOURNIERI;

EID: 0034619735     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(00)00364-2     Document Type: Article

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