Molecular characterization of transparent testa (tt) mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Estland) impaired in flavonoid biosynthetic pathway

Plant Science

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1321-1332

  Bharti, Arvind K ^a,b   Khurana, Jitendra P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Arabidopsis thaliana; CHS; DFR; Transparent testa mutants; Ttg1

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENES; METABOLISM; PROTEINS;

ANTHOCYANIN PIGMENTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MEDICAGO;

EID: 0344496788     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(03)00344-3     Document Type: Article

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