Transcriptional analysis of apple fruit proanthocyanidin biosynthesis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5437-5450

  Henry Kirk, Rebecca A ^a   McGhie, Tony K ^a   Andre, Christelle M ^a   Hellens, Roger P ^a   Allan, Andrew C ^a,b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

anthocyanidin reductase; apple; catechin; epicatechin; flavonoid; leucoanthocyanidin reductase; proanthocyanidin biosynthesis; regulation; tannin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLANT RNA; POLYPHENOL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYPHENOLS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84866647341     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers193     Document Type: Article

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