Regulation of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway by the TTG1/bHLH/Myb transcriptional complex in Arabidopsis seedlings

Plant Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 814-827

  Gonzalez, Antonio ^a   Zhao, Mingzhe ^a   Leavitt, John M ^a   Lloyd, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Arabidopsis; bHLH; Flavonoids; Myb; TTG1

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EGL3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GL3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MYB113 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MYB114 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PAP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TTG1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 41849089754     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03373.x     Document Type: Article

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