Modulation of flower colour by rationally designed dominant-negative chalcone synthase

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2471-2478

  Hanumappa, Mamatha ^a,c   Choi, Goh ^a   Ryu, Sunhyo ^a   Choi, Giltsu ^b  

^a Kumho Life and Environmental Science Laboratory   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Dominant negative chalcone synthase; Flavonoid; Flower colour; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

COLOR; GENES; NUCLEOTIDES; PIGMENTS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TRANSCRIPTION;

ANTHOCYANIN; DOMINANT-NEGATIVE CHALCONE SYNTHASE; FLAVONOID; FLOWER COLOUR; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING (PTGS);

ENZYMES;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; METHIONINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; DOMINANT GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLOR; FLOWERS; GENES, DOMINANT; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAZUS; MAZUS PUMILUS; PETUNIA;

EID: 34548453543     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm104     Document Type: Article

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