Metabolomic and genetic analyses of flavonol synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana support the in vivo involvement of leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase

Planta

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 427-445

  Stracke, Ralf ^a   De Vos, Ric C H ^b,c   Bartelniewoehner, Lutz ^a   Ishihara, Hirofumi ^a   Sagasser, Martin ^a   Martens, Stefan ^d   Weisshaar, Bernd ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Dihydroflavonol; Flavonoid biosynthesis; Flavonol synthase; Leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; LEUCOANTHOCYANIDIN DIOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; SEEDLING;

ALLELES; ANTHOCYANINS; ARABIDOPSIS; FLAVONOLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; METABOLOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OXYGENASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEEDLING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 57649136935     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-008-0841-y     Document Type: Article

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