Functional analysis of a predicted flavonol synthase gene family in arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1046-1061

  Owens, Daniel K ^a,b   Alerding, Anne B ^a,c   Crosby, Kevin C ^a   Bandara, Aloka B ^a   Westwood, James H ^a   Winkel, Brenda S J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOL SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; FLAVONOLS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 51549098248     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.117457     Document Type: Article

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