Expression of chalcone synthase and chalcone isomerase genes and accumulation of corresponding flavonoids during fruit maturation of Guoqing No. 4 satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marcow)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-116

  Wang, Yong ^a   Li, Jing ^b   Xia, Renxue ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Chalcone isomerase; Chalcone synthase; Flavonoid; HPLC; Real time PCR; Satsuma mandarin

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATURATION; PIGMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME;

CITRUS; CITRUS UNSHIU;

EID: 77953127722     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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