Biochemical and molecular characterization of a novel UDP-glucose:anthocyanin 3′-O-glucosyltransferase, a key enzyme for blue anthocyanin biosynthesis, from gentian

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1652-1663

  Fukuchi Mizutani, Masako ^a   Okuhara, Hiroaki ^b   Fukui, Yuko ^a   Nakao, Masahiro ^a   Katsumoto, Yukihisa ^a   Yonekura Sakakibara, Keiko ^a,c   Kusumi, Takaaki ^a   Hase, Toshiharu ^b   Tanaka, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLATION; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

GENE EXPRESSIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENTIANA; GENTIANA TRIFLORA; PETUNIA; PETUNIA HYBRIDA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA; SCHUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 0038038342     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.018242     Document Type: Article

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