Red colouration in apple fruit is due to the activity of the MYB transcription factor, MdMYB10

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 414-427

  Espley, Richard V ^a   Hellens, Roger P ^a   Putterill, Jo ^b   Stevenson, David E ^a   Kutty Amma, Sumathi ^a   Allan, Andrew C ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Malus x domestica; MdMYB10; Regulation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; METABOLISM; PIGMENTS;

COLOUR FORMATION; GERMPLASM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

FRUITS;

ANTHOCYANIN; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APPLE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCYANINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LUCIFERASES; MALUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANTHOCYANINS; APPLES; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; METABOLISM;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33846404129     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02964.x     Document Type: Article

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