The UDP glucose: Flavonoid-3-O-glucosyltransferase (UFGT) gene regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis in litchi (Litchi chinesis Sonn.) during fruit coloration

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 6409-6415

  Zhao, Zhi Chang ^a,b   Hu, Gui Bing ^a   Hu, Fu Chu ^a   Wang, Hui Cong ^a   Yang, Zhuan Ying ^a   Lai, Biao ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Fruit coloration; Litchi; UFGT

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CAROTENOID; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; FLAVANONE 3 HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOID 3 O GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FLAVONOL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGENASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CULTIVAR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FRUIT COLOR; FRUIT RIPENING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; LYCHEE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GENE; PLANT METABOLISM; UFGT GENE;

ANTHOCYANINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LITCHI; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84864277979     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-1303-3     Document Type: Article

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