Knockdown of MYB305 disrupts nectary starch metabolism and floral nectar production

Plant Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-388

  Liu, Guangyu ^a   Thornburg, Robert W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MYB; nectary; starch; tobacco; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

FLORAL NECTARIES; FLORAL ORGANS; GENES ENCODING; ISOAMYLASE; LATE STAGE; METABOLIC GENES; MYB; MYB TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NECTARY; SMALL SUBUNITS; STARCH METABOLISM; TOBACCO PLANTS; WILD-TYPE PLANTS;

AMYLASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

STARCH;

AMYLASE; BETA AMYLASE; BETA CAROTENE; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; ISOAMYLASE; STARCH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NECTAR; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SECRETION (PROCESS); TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; BETA CAROTENE; BETA-AMYLASE; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; ISOAMYLASE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT NECTAR; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; STARCH; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84862829179     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04875.x     Document Type: Article

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