A spontaneous dominant-negative mutation within a 35S::AtMYB90 transgene inhibits flower pigment production in tobacco

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Velten, Jeff ^a   Cakir, Cahid ^a   Cazzonelli, Christopher I ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MYB PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DOMINANT GENE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALLELES; ANTHOCYANINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, DOMINANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 77957341029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009917     Document Type: Article

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