Functional diversification of duplicated chalcone synthase genes in anthocyanin biosynthesis of Gerbera hybrida

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1469-1483

  Deng, Xianbao ^a   Bashandy, Hany ^a,b   Ainasoja, Miia ^a   Kontturi, Juha ^a   Pietiäinen, Milla ^a   Laitinen, Roosa A E ^a   Albert, Victor A ^c   Valkonen, Jari P T ^a   Elomaa, Paula ^a   Teeri, Teemu H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Asteraceae; Chalcone synthase; Flavonoid; Gerbera hybrida

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHOCYANIN; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; FLAVONOID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DOMINANT GENE; DUPLICATE GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GERBERA HYBRIDA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE;

ANTHOCYANIN; ASTERACEAE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; FLAVONOID; GERBERA HYBRIDA;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCYANINS; ASTERACEAE; FLOWERS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, DUPLICATE; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84895066079     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12610     Document Type: Article

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