Coloring genetically modified soybean grains with anthocyanins by suppression of the proanthocyanidin genes ANR1 and ANR2

Transgenic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 757-771

  Kovinich, Nik ^a,b   Saleem, Ammar ^c   Rintoul, Tara L ^a   Brown, Daniel C W ^a   Arnason, John T ^c   Miki, Brian ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ANTHOCYANIDIN REDUCTASE; Anthocyanin; Metabolic engineering; Proanthocyanidin; Soybean seed coat color; Visual marker

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; PIGMENT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT SEED; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEEDS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SOYBEANS;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84864066713     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-011-9566-y     Document Type: Article

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