Methylation effect on chalcone synthase gene expression determines anthocyanin pigmentation in floral tissues of two Oncidium orchid cultivars

Planta

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 401-409

  Liu, Xiao Jing ^a   Chuang, Yao Nung ^b   Chiou, Chung Yi ^b   Chin, Dan Chu ^b   Shen, Fu Quan ^a   Yeh, Kai Wun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin synthesis; Chalcone synthase; DNA methylation; Flower; Oncidium

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHOCYANIN; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; ORCHIDACEAE; PIGMENTATION; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTHOCYANINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METHYLATION; ORCHIDACEAE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, PLANT;

ONCIDIUM; ONCIDIUM GOWER RAMSEY; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 84864349924     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-012-1616-z     Document Type: Article

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