Complex pigment evolution in the Caryophyllales

New Phytologist

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 854-864

  Brockington, Samuel F ^a,b   Walker, Rachel H ^b   Glover, Beverley J ^b   Soltis, Pamela S ^c   Soltis, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Betalains; Caryophyllales; Chemotaxonomy; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; BETALAIN;

ANGIOSPERM; CHEMOTAXONOMY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENT; RECONSTRUCTION;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ANTHOCYANINS; BETALAINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; DOWN-REGULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHYLOGENY;

CARYOPHYLLALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79955778297     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03687.x     Document Type: Review

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