Anthocyanin biosynthesis in fruit tree crops: Genes and their regulation

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 86, 2011, Pages 19890-19897

  Xie, Rangjin ^a   Zheng, Li ^b   He, Shaolan ^a   Zheng, Yongqiang ^a   Yi, Shilai ^a   Deng, Lie ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Factors; Fruit tree crops; Regulatory genes; Structural genes

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN;

FRUIT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT METABOLISM; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TREE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 84862956407     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJBX11.028     Document Type: Review

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