The apple WD40 protein MdTTG1 interacts with bHLH but not MYB proteins to regulate anthocyanin accumulation

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 710-717

  An, Xiu Hong ^a   Tian, Yi ^a,b   Chen, Ke Qin ^a   Wang, Xiao Fei ^a   Hao, Yu Jin ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin biosynthesis; Apple; Ectopic expression; Protein interaction; WD40 protein

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ANTHOCYANINS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALUS; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ARABIDOPSIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84862819084     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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