Integrated transcriptional and phytochemical analyses of the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway in Epimedium

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 355-365

  Zeng, Shaohua ^a   Liu, Yilan ^b   Hu, Weiming ^b   Liu, Yongliang ^b   Shen, Xiaofei ^b   Wang, Ying ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Epimedium; Flavonoid biosynthesis; Light stress; Phytohormone; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIDIN SYNTHASE; CHINESE MEDICINAL PLANTS; DIHYDROFLAVONOL 4 REDUCTASE; EPIMEDIUM; FLAVONOID; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; LIGHT STRESS; PHYTOHORMONE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUGAR (SUCROSE);

FLAVONOIDS;

EPIMEDIUM; EPIMEDIUM PUBESCENS;

EID: 84888131238     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-013-0367-2     Document Type: Article

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