Identification and characterization of R2R3-MYB and bHLH transcription factors regulating anthocyanin biosynthesis in gentian flowers

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1818-1829

  Nakatsuka, Takashi ^a   Haruta, Katia Sanae ^a,b   Pitaksutheepong, Chetsadaporn ^c   Abe, Yoshiko ^a   Kakizaki, Yuko ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^b   Shimada, Norimoto ^a   Yamamura, Saburo ^a   Nishihara, Masahiro ^a  

^a IWATE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin biosynthesis; bHLH; Gentian; R2R3 MYB; Transcription factor; White flower

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; GENTIODELPHIN; GLUCOSIDE; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENTIAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BENZOPYRANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENTIANA; GLUCOSIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PETUNIA;

EID: 57749181729     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn163     Document Type: Article

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