TT2, TT8, and TTG1 synergistically specify the expression of BANYULS and proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 366-380

  Baudry, Antoine ^a   Heim, Marc A ^b   Dubreucq, Bertrand ^a   Caboche, Michel ^a   Weisshaar, Bernd ^b,c   Lepiniec, Loïc ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

bHLH; Flavonoid; MYB; Proanthocyanidin; Transcription factor; TTG1

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPLEXATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; SEED; YEAST;

GENE CODES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; SEED COATS; TERNARY COMPLEX;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BANYULS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLANT RNA; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TT2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TT8 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TTG1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPLEX COMPOUNDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; PROTEINS; PROTOPLASM; SEEDS; YEASTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 3843067588     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02138.x     Document Type: Article

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