Expression of anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins after transformation of alfalfa with maize Lc

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1448-1463

  Ray, Heather ^a,b   Yu, Min ^a   Auser, Patricia ^a   Blahut Beatty, Laureen ^a   McKersie, Brian ^c,e   Bowley, Steve ^c   Westcott, Neil ^a   Coulman, Bruce ^a   Lloyd, Alan ^d   Gruber, Margaret Y ^a  

^a SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e BASF Plant Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038715050     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.025361     Document Type: Article

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