A malus crabapple chalcone synthase gene, McCHS, regulates Red petal color and flavonoid biosynthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Tai, Deqiang ^a,b   Tian, Ji ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Song, Tingting ^a   Yao, Yuncong ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (China)

^b SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; APIGENIN; CATECHIN; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; FLAVONOID; RUTOSIDE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FLOWER COLOR; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALUS BACCATA; MCANS GENE; MCCHS GENE; MCDFR GENE; MCF3H GENE; MCMYB4 GENE; MCMYB5 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PETAL; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETICS; MALUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

MALUS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTHOCYANINS; FLOWERS; MALUS; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84908689222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110570     Document Type: Article

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