The Rc and Rd genes are involved in proanthocyanidin synthesis in rice pericarp

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-102

  Furukawa, Tsutomu ^a,b   Maekawa, Masahiko ^c   Oki, Tomoyuki ^d   Suda, Ikuo ^d   Iida, Shigeru ^e   Shimada, Hiroaki ^b   Takamure, Itsuro ^f   Kadowaki, Koh Ichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative translation initiation; Basic helix loop helix protein; Dihydroflavonol 4 reductase; Proanthocyanidins; Rice; Seed color

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE TRANSLATION INITIATION; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX PROTEIN; DIHYDROFLAVONOL-4-REDUCTASE; SEED COLOR;

ANTIOXIDANTS; COLOR; CROPS; DNA; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GENES;

PROANTHOCYANIDIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEEDS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; COLOR; ENZYMES; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RICE;

EID: 33845615515     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02958.x     Document Type: Article

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