TT8 controls its own expression in a feedback regulation involving TTG1 and homologous MYB and bHLH factors, allowing a strong and cell-specific accumulation of flavonoids in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 768-779

  Baudry, Antoine ^a,b   Caboche, Michel ^b   Lepiniec, Loïc ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

bHLH; Flavonoid; MYB; Proanthocyanidin; Transcription factor; TTG1

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SEED;

BHLH; FLAVONOID; MYB; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TTG1;

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FLAVONOID; MYB PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PAP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TT2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TT8 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TTG1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; GENES; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33646893240     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02733.x     Document Type: Article

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