Gene characterization, analysis of expression and in vitro synthesis of dihydroflavonol 4-reductase from [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck]

Phytochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 684-695

  Lo Piero, Angela Roberta ^a   Puglisi, Ivana ^a   Petrone, Goffredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Blond and blood oranges; Citrus sinensis; Dihydroflavonol 4 reductase; In vitro protein expression; Juice vesicles pigmentation; Promoter region; RT real time PCR; Rutaceae

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANTHOCYANIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIHYDROFLAVANOL 4 REDUCTASE; DIHYDROFLAVANOL 4-REDUCTASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; TAXIFOLIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SWEET ORANGE;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANTHOCYANINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CITRUS SINENSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLAVONOLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; QUERCETIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CITRUS SINENSIS; RUTACEAE;

EID: 33645103208     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.01.025     Document Type: Article

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