Expression of flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase is controlled by P1, the regulator of 3-deoxyflavonoid biosynthesis in maize

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sharma, Mandeep ^a   Chai, Chenglin ^b   Morohashi, Kengo ^b   Grotewold, Erich ^b   Snook, Maurice E ^c   Chopra, Surinder ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; F3'H; Flavones; Flavonoids; Maysin; Phlobaphenes

Indexed keywords

HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; ZEA MAYS;

ANTHOCYANIN; BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME P450; FLAVONE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOID 3' HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONOID 3'-HYDROXYLASE; GLUCOSIDE; LUTEOFOROL; LUTEOLINIDIN; MAYSIN; SILK; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; BENZOPYRANS; BINDING SITES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FLAVONES; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSIDES; LARVA; MOTHS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SILK; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84868251510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-196     Document Type: Article

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