Isolation of cDNAS encoding tetrahydroxychalcone 2'- glucosyltransferase activity from carnation, cyclamen, and catharanthus

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-238

  Togami, Junichi ^a,c   Okuhara, Hiroaki ^a,c   Nakamura, Noriko ^a,c   Ishiguro, Kanako ^a,c   Hirose, Chika ^a,c   Ochiai, Misa ^a,c   Fukui, Yuko ^a,c   Yamaguchi, Masa atsu ^b,c   Tanaka, Yoshikazu ^a,c  

^a SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^b MINAMI KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Niigata Agricultural Research Institutes   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carnation; Chalcone; Cyclamen; Flavonoid; Glucosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CATHARANTHUS; CYCLAMEN; DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PETUNIA;

EID: 79954490750     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.11.0106b     Document Type: Article

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