Two different transposable elements inserted in flavonoid 3′,5′-hydroxylase gene contribute to pink flower coloration in Gentiana scabra

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 275, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-241

  Nakatsuka, Takashi ^a   Nishihara, Masahiro ^a   Mishiba, Keiichiro ^a,b   Hirano, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamura, Saburo ^a  

^a IWATE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b Osaka City University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flavonoid 3 ,5 hydroxylase; Gentiana scabra; hAT transposable element; Pink flower; Terminal repeat retrotransposon in miniature (TRIM)

Indexed keywords

CYANIDIN CHLORIDE; DELPHINIDIN; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOID 3',5' HYDROXYLASE; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTIVAR; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; FLOWER COLOR; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GENTIAN; GENTIANA SCABRA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCYANINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, PLANT; GENTIANA; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PIGMENTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENTIANA; GENTIANA SCABRA; GENTIANA TRIFLORA;

EID: 33644822604     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-005-0083-7     Document Type: Article

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