Introduction of apple ANR genes into tobacco inhibits expression of both CHI and DFR genes in flowers, leading to loss of anthocyanin

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2437-2447

  Han, Yuepeng ^a   Vimolmangkang, Sornkanok ^b   Soria Guerra, Ruth Elena ^b,c   Korban, Schuyler S ^b  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Qu micas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

anthocyanidin reductase; Anthocyanin; flavonoid; Malus; proanthocyanidin

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALUS; METABOLISM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALUS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84861073699     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err415     Document Type: Article

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