Pigment Biosynthesis I. Anthocyanins

Plant Metabolism and Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 321-342

  Ozeki, Yoshihiro ^a   Matsuba, Yuki ^a   Abe, Yutaka ^b   Umemoto, Naoyuki ^c   Sasaki, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KIRIN HOLDINGS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acylation of Anthocyanin Glycosides; Anthocyanidin synthase (ANS); Chalcone synthase (CHS); Dihydroflavonol reductase (DFR); Glycosylation of Anthocyanidins; Leucoanthocyanidin reductase (LAR); Rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE); The Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Pathway

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887324467     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119991311.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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