Molecular cloning and function analysis of an anthocyanidin synthase gene from Ginkgo biloba, and its expression in abiotic stress responses

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 536-547

  Xu, Feng ^a,b   Cheng, Hua ^a   Cai, Rong ^a   Li, Lin Ling ^c   Chang, Jie ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a   Zhang, Feng Xia ^a   Chen, Liu Ji ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Cheng, Shu Han ^b   Cheng, Shui Yuan ^c  

^a YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUANGGANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stresses; Anthocyanidin synthase; Enzyme activity; GbANS; Gene expression; Ginkgo biloba; In vitro

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ANTHOCYANIDIN SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ETHYLENE; FERROUS ION; FLAVONOL; GENOMIC DNA; OXYGENASE; PYCNOGENOL; QUERCETIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SUCROSE; TAXIFOLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXON; GENE ISOLATION; GINKGO BILOBA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GINKGO BILOBA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 63449102237     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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