Negative Regulation of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis by a miR156-Targeted SPL Transcription Factor

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1512-1522

  Gou, Jin Ying ^a   Felippes, Felipe F ^b   Liu, Chang Jun ^a   Weigel, Detlef ^b   Wang, Jia Wei ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 79957768322     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.084525     Document Type: Article

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