Comparative analysis of the triplicate proathocyanidin regulators in lotus japonicus

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 912-922

  Yoshida, Kazuko ^a   Kume, Nao ^a   Nakaya, Yumi ^a   Yamagami, Ayumi ^b   Nakano, Takeshi ^b,c   Sakuta, Masaaki ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Lotus japonicus; MYB; Proanthocyanidin; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LOTUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LOTUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS;

EID: 77953546988     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq067     Document Type: Article

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