An in silico analysis of the key genes involved in flavonoid biosynthesis in Citrus sinensis

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 819-831

  Lucheta, Adriano Reis ^a   Silva Pinhati, Ana Carla O ^a   Basílio Palmieri, Ana Carolina ^a   Berger, Irving J ^a   Freitas Astúa, Juliana ^a,b   Cristofani, Mariângela ^a  

^a INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Expressed sequence tags (EST); Phenylpropanoids; Secondary metabolism; Sweet orange

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CHALCONE ISOMERASE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; CINNAMATE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; COUMARATE COENZYME A LIGASE; DIHYDROXYFLAVONOL 4 REDUCTASE; FLAVANONE 3 HYDROXYLASE; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE SYNTHASE II; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOL SYNTHASE; ISOFLAVONE REDUCTASE; ISOFLAVONE SYNTHASE; ISOFLAVONOID; LEUCOANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; LEUCOANTHOCYANIDIN OXYGENASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; PHENYLPROPANOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FLAVONOID BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC DATABASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWEET ORANGE;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 38049103933     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572007000500010     Document Type: Article

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