The Heterologous Expression of the Chrysanthemum R2R3-MYB Transcription Factor CmMYB1 Alters Lignin Composition and Represses Flavonoid Synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Zhu, Lu ^a   Shan, Hong ^a,b   Chen, Sumei ^a   Jiang, Jiafu ^a   Gu, Chunsun ^a   Zhou, Guoqin ^b   Chen, Yu ^a   Song, Aiping ^a   Chen, Fadi ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Fishery Science of Nanjing   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; LIGNIN; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRYSANTHEMUM MORIFOLIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REPRESSION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MYB1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHRYSANTHEMUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHRYSANTHEMUM; EMBRYOPHYTA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGNIN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84879243466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065680     Document Type: Article

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