Differential expression of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes in relation to anthocyanin accumulation in the pericarp of litchi chinensis sonn

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Wei, Yong Zan ^a,b   Hu, Fu Chu ^a,c   Hu, Gui Bing ^a   Li, Xiao Jing ^a   Huang, Xu Ming ^a   Wang, Hui Cong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHOCYANIDIN SYNTHASE; ANTHOCYANIN; CHALCONE ISOMERASE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; DIHYDROFLAVONOL 4 REDUCTASE; FLAVANONE 3 HYDROXYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE FLAVONOID 3 O GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; LCANS GENE; LCDFR GENE; LCF3H GENE; LCUFGT GENE; LYCHEE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERICARP; PLANT GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

ANTHOCYANINS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LITCHI; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 79955757959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019455     Document Type: Article

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