The R2R3-MYB, bHLH, WD40, and related transcription factors in flavonoid biosynthesis

Functional and Integrative Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-98

  Zhao, Lei ^a   Gao, Liping ^a   Wang, Hongxue ^a   Chen, Xiaotian ^a   Wang, Yunsheng ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Wei, Chaoling ^a   Wan, Xiaochun ^a   Xia, Tao ^a  

^a ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bHLH; Bioinformatic analysis; Camellia sinensis; Flavonoid biosynthetic pathway; MYB

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FLAVONOID; PROTEIN R2R3 MYB; PROTEIN WD40; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BHLH GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CSMYB4-1 GENE; CSMYB4-2 GENE; CSMYB4-3 GENE; CSMYB4-4 GENE; CSMYB5-1 GENE; CSMYB5-2 GENE; CSWD40-1 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; R2R3 MYB GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEA; WD40 GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAVONOIDS; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 84875740951     PISSN: 1438793X     EISSN: 14387948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10142-012-0301-4     Document Type: Article

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