Flavonoids: A metabolic network mediating plants adaptation to their real estate

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue November, 2014, Pages 1-16

  Mouradov, Aidyn ^a   Spangenberg, German ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Evolution; Flavonoids; Metabolism; Proanthocyanidins; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910114838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00620     Document Type: Review

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