Characterization of an apple TT2-type R2R3 MYB transcription factor functionally similar to the poplar proanthocyanidin regulator PtMYB134

Planta

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 497-511

  Gesell, Andreas ^a,b   Yoshida, Kazuko ^a   Tran, Lan T ^a   Constabel, C Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Flavonoids; Gene expression; Promoter; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; POPULUS;

FLAVONOID; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; E BOX ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULUS; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; E-BOX ELEMENTS; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULUS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84907597231     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-014-2098-y     Document Type: Article

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