Suppression of the biosynthesis of proanthocyanidin in Arabidopsis by a chimeric PAP1 repressor

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 487-493

  Matsui, Kyoko ^a,b,c   Tanaka, Hideo ^c   Ohme Takagi, Masaru ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominant repressor; Gene silencing; Metabolic engineering; PAP1; Proanthocyanidin; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 13444293155     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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