Arabidopsis thaliana MYB75/PAP1 transcription factor induces anthocyanin production in transgenic tomato plants

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 606-618

  Zuluaga, Diana Lucia ^a   Gonzali, Silvia ^a   Loreti, Elena ^b   Pucciariello, Chiara ^a   Degl'Innocenti, Elena ^c   Guidi, Lucia ^c   Alpi, Amedeo ^c   Perata, Pierdomenico ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Flavonoids; Micro Tom; Photoprotection; Solanum lycopersicum; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; FRUITS; PHOTOBLEACHING; PROTEINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANTHOCYANIN ACCUMULATION; ANTHOCYANIN BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTHOCYANIN PIGMENTS; ANTIOXIDANT; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CORTICAL REGIONS; DIHYDROFLAVONOL 4-REDUCTASE; FLAVONOIDS; GENE ENCODES; LIGHT CONDITIONS; MICRO-TOM; NORMAL GROWTH; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHOTOPROTECTION; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM; TRANSFORMATION; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; TRANSGENIC TOMATO PLANTS; VASCULAR BUNDLES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIOXIDANT; GENE EXPRESSION; HERB; HORMONE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VEGETABLE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 50249116621     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP08021     Document Type: Article

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