Cloning and expression of a putative cytochrome P450 gene that influences the colour of Phalaenopsis flowers

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 1933-1939

  Su, Vincent ^a   Hsu, Ban Dar ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450; Flavonoid 3 ,5 hydroxylase; Flower colour; Phalaenopsis

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CYTOCHROME P450; FLAVONOID 3',5' HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONOID 3',5'-HYDROXYLASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PIGMENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; ORCHIDACEAE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHALAENOPSIS; POLYOMMATINAE; VECTORS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0345358503     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000003989.19657.53     Document Type: Article

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