Cloning and characterization of a UV-B-inducible maize flavonol synthase

Plant Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-91

  Ferreyra, María Lorena Falcone ^a   Rius, Sebastian ^a   Emiliani, Julia ^a   Pourcel, Lucille ^b   Feller, Antje ^b   Morohashi, Kengo ^b   Casati, Paula ^a   Grotewold, Erich ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN ACCUMULATION; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FLAVONOIDS; FLAVONOL SYNTHASE; KAEMPFEROL; MAIZE GENES; MAIZE SEEDLINGS; MALE FERTILITY; MONOCOTS; REGULATORY COMPLEXES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; UVB RADIATION; ZEA MAYS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; FATTY ACIDS; GENE ENCODING; PHENOLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOL SYNTHASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLAVONOLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; LILIOPSIDA; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951838124     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04133.x     Document Type: Article

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