The hyper-fluorescent trichome phenotype of the brt1 mutant of Arabidopsis is the result of a defect in a sinapic acid:UDPG glucosyltransferase

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 655-668

  Sinlapadech, Taksina ^a   Stout, Jake ^a   Ruegger, Max O ^a   Deak, Michael ^a   Chapple, Clint ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; At3g21560; Glucosyltransferase; Polyketide; Sinapate ester; Sinapic acid; Trichome

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESTERS; FLUORESCENCE; GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; AT3G21560; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYKETIDE; SINAPATE ESTER; TRICHOME;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COUMARIC ACID; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SINAPIC ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COUMARIC ACIDS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ESTERS; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PLANTS; SINAPIC ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33846937112     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02984.x     Document Type: Article

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