Alternative expression of vacuolar iron transporter and ferritin genes leads to blue/purple coloration of flowers in Tulip cv. 'Murasakizuisho'

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-224

  Shoji, Kazuaki ^a   Momonoi, Kazumi ^a   Tsuji, Tosiaki ^a  

^a Toyama Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Blue color; Ferritin; Iron; Transporter; Tulip

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; FERRITIN; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TULIP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCYANINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FERRITINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TULIPA; VACUOLES;

TULIPA;

EID: 76749123403     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp181     Document Type: Article

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