Ultraviolet irradiation induces accumulation of isoflavonoids and transcription of genes of enzymes involved in the calycosin-7-O-β-d-glucoside pathway in Astragalus membranaceus Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-273

  Xu, Rong Yan ^a   Nan, Peng ^a   Yang, Yixin ^a   Pan, Haiyun ^b   Zhou, Tongshui ^a   Chen, Jiakuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALYCOSIN 7 O BETA D GLUCOSIDE; CALYCOSIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSIDE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCOSIDES; ISOFLAVONES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; FABACEAE;

EID: 79958768618     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2011.01474.x     Document Type: Article

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