cDNA cloning and characterization of UDP-glucose: Anthocyanidin 3-O-glucosyltransferase in Freesia hybrida

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1209-1218

  Sui, Xin ^a   Gao, Xiang ^a   Ao, Man ^a   Wang, Qinmei ^a   Yang, Dan ^a   Wang, Meng ^a   Fu, Yang ^a   Wang, Li ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Freesia hybrida; Heterologous expression; Transformed petunia; UDP glucose: anthocyanidin 3 O glucosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UDP GLUCOSE CYANIDIN 3 O GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UDP-GLUCOSE CYANIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; IRIDACEAE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PETUNIA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCYANINS; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; IRIDACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETUNIA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AGROBACTERIUM; FREESIA; FREESIA HYBRIDA; PETUNIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 79958699938     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1029-7     Document Type: Article

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