Characterization and structural features of a chalcone synthase mutation in a white-flowering line of Matthiola incana R. Br. (Brassicaceae)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 455-465

  Hemleben, Vera ^a   Dressel, Angela ^a   Epping, Bernhard ^a   Lukačin, Richard ^b   Martens, Stefan ^b   Austin, Michael B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Evolution; Flavonoid biosynthesis; Medicago sativa; Polyketide synthase; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS;

CHALCONE SYNTHASE; ENZYMATIC REACTIONS; MUTATED GENES; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES (PK);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOLOGICAL TESTS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS;

BRASSICACEAE; MATTHIOLA INCANA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHOCYANIN; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSICACEAE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTHOCYANINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRASSICACEAE; DNA, PLANT; FLOWERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 16544368712     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-1125-y     Document Type: Article

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