Predictable patterns of constraint among anthocyanin-regulating transcription factors in Ipomoea

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 264-274

  Streisfeld, Matthew A ^a   Liu, Danya ^b   Rausher, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Constraint; Flower colour evolution; Molecular evolution; Pleiotropy; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID; COLOR MORPH; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PIGMENT; PLEIOTROPY; VINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IPOMOEA; METABOLISM; ONCOGENE MYB; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTHOCYANINS; COLOR; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, MYB; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; IPOMOEA; PLANT PROTEINS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

IPOMOEA;

EID: 79957898521     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03671.x     Document Type: Article

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