Differential regulation of closely related R2R3-MYB transcription factors controls flavonol accumulation in different parts of the Arabidopsis thaliana seedling

Plant Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 660-677

  Stracke, Ralf ^a   Ishihara, Hirofumi ^a   Huep, Gunnar ^a   Barsch, Aiko ^a   Mehrtens, Frank ^a   Niehaus, Karsten ^a   Weisshaar, Bernd ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Flavonoid biosynthesis; Gene regulation; Production of Flavonol Glycosides; R2R3 MYB

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; FLAVONOID BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE REGULATION;

BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLITES; VEGETATION;

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BOTRYTIS SUSCEPTIBLE1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DNA PRIMERS; FLAVONOLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

BIOSYNTHESIS; FLAVONOIDS; GENES; GLYCOSIDES; SEEDLINGS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34248365134     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03078.x     Document Type: Article

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