Flower colour and cytochromes P450

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1612, 2013, Pages

  Tanaka, Yoshikazu ^a   Brugliera, Filippa ^b  

^a SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^b Florigene Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 hydroxylase; Anthocyanidin; Anthocyanin; Flavone synthase; Flavonoid; Flavonoid 3 ; Flavonoid 3 hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CYTOCHROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASTERACEAE; DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; ROSA;

ANTHOCYANIN; CYTOCHROME P 450 CYP93B1 (GLYCYRRHIZA ECHINATA); CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP93B1 (GLYCYRRHIZA ECHINATA); CYTOCHROME P450; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARNATION; COLOR; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; REVIEW; ROSE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; COLOR; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DIANTHUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAVONES; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HYDROXYLATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ROSA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880144352     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0432     Document Type: Review

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