Engineering of flower color in forsythia by expression of two independently-transformed dihydroflavonol 4-reductase and anthocyanidin synthase genes of flavonoid pathway

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-208

  Rosati, Carlo ^a,b   Simoneau, Philippe ^c   Treutter, Dieter ^d   Poupard, Pascal ^c   Cadot, Yves ^a   Cadic, Alain ^a   Duron, Michel ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Trisaia Research Center   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Flavonoids; Flower color; Forsythia; Genetic engineering; Woody ornamental shrubs

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTHOCYANIDIN; ANTHOCYANIDIN SYNTHASE GENES; DIHYDROFLAVONOL 4 REDUCTASE; FLAVAN-3-OLS; FLAVONOID; FLOWER COLOUR; FORSYTHIA; TRANSFORMANTS; WOODY ORNAMENTAL SHRUB; WOODY ORNAMENTALS;

ANTHOCYANINS;

AGROBACTERIUM; ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; FORSYTHIA; FORSYTHIA INTERMEDIA; FORSYTHIA X INTERMEDIA; MATTHIOLA; MATTHIOLA INCANA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0344152924     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026364618719     Document Type: Article

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