Flower color alteration in the liliaceous ornamental Tricyrtis sp. by RNA interference-mediated suppression of the chalcone synthase gene

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 671-680

  Kamiishi, Yukiko ^a   Otani, Masahiro ^a   Takagi, Hiroki ^a   Han, Dong Sheng ^a   Mori, Shiro ^b   Tatsuzawa, Fumi ^c   Okuhara, Hiroaki ^d   Kobayashi, Hitoshi ^d   Nakano, Masaru ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAKUSHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Niigata Agricultural Research Institutes   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Anthocyanidin; Monocotyledonous ornamental; RNAi; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; COLOR; FLAVONOIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED TRANSFORMATIONS; ANTHOCYANIDIN; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE GENES; FLAVONOID; FLOWER COLOUR; MONOCOTYLEDONOI ORNAMENTAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS;

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AGROBACTERIUM; RHIZOBIUM; TRICYRTIS;

EID: 84865429580     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-011-9653-z     Document Type: Article

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