Expression analysis of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes in apple skin: Effect of UV-B and temperature

Plant Science

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 571-578

  Ubi, Benjamin Ewa ^a,b   Honda, Chikako ^a   Bessho, Hideo ^a   Kondo, Satoru ^c   Wada, Masato ^a   Kobayashi, Shozo ^a   Moriguchi, Takaya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^c PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Apple skin; Fruit development; Gene expression; UV B and temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTIVATION; GENES;

ANTHOCYANIN BIOSYNTHETIC GENES; APPLE CULTIVATION; FIELD-RIPENED FRUITS; FRUIT SKIN;

FRUITS;

APPLES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTIVATION; GENES;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 31044439033     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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