Ectopic expression of a c1-I allele from maize inhibits pigment formation in the flower of transgenic tobacco

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-192

  Chen, Bojun ^a   Wang, Xiqing ^b   Hu, Yuanlei ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Lin, Zhongping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; c1 I allele; Maize; MYB related gene; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CROPS; GENES; PIGMENTS; PROTEINS; REDUCTION; TITRATION;

ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; MAIZE INHIBITS; PIGMENTATION PATTERN; TRANSCRIPTION LEVEL;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTHOCYANIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PIGMENT; PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MYB PROTEIN, PLANT; PROTEIN C MYB; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FLOWER; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE MYB; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TITRIMETRY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CORN; GENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PIGMENT; REDUCTION; VOLUMETRY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCYANINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 16544370173     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:26:3:187     Document Type: Article

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