Pigment loss in response to the environment: A new role for the WD/bHLH/MYB anthocyanin regulatory complex

New Phytologist

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-3

  Gonzalez, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic response; Anthocyanins; Arabidopsis; bHLH; MYB; PAP1

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NOTE;

ANTHOCYANINS; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 61649088868     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02771.x     Document Type: Note

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