A small family of MYB-regulatory genes controls floral pigmentation intensity and patterning in the Genus antirrhinum

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 831-851

  Schwinn, Kathy ^a   Venail, Julien ^b   Shang, Yongjin ^a,c   Mackay, Steve ^b   Alm, Vibeke ^b,d   Butelli, Eugenio ^b   Oyama, Ryan ^b,e   Bailey, Paul ^b   Davies, Kevin ^a   Martin, Cathie ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

ANTHOCYANIN; FLORAL PIGMENTATION; GENUS ANTIRRHINUM; ROSEA;

PIGMENTS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; MUTAGENS; PIGMENT; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS;

EID: 33745475615     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.039255     Document Type: Article

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