Sequence variation of chalcone synthase gene in a spontaneous white-flower mutant of Chinese cabbage-pak-choi

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 507-512

  Jiang, Ming ^a   Cao, Jiashu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chalcone synthase; Chinese cabbage pak choi; Sequence variation; White flower mutant

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; GLYCINE; RNA; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE CABBAGE PAK CHOI; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; RNA EXTRACTION; WHITE FLOWER; WILD TYPE;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. CHINENSIS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS;

EID: 57349141507     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-007-9115-1     Document Type: Article

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