Sn, a maize bHLH gene, modulates anthocyanin and condensed tannin pathways in Lotus corniculatus

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 381, 2003, Pages 239-248

  Robbins, Mark Paske ^a   Paolocci, Francesco ^b   Hughes, John Wayne ^a   Turchetti, Valentina ^b   Allison, Gordon ^a   Arcioni, Sergio ^b   Morris, Phillip ^a   Damiani, Francesco ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Condensed tannins; Lotus; Metabolic engineering; Transactivation

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENE TRANSFER; GROWTH KINETICS; HORMONES; METABOLISM;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0346034859     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg022     Document Type: Article

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