Update on transparent testa mutants from Arabidopsis thaliana: characterisation of new alleles from an isogenic collection

Planta

Volumn 240, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 955-970

  Appelhagen, Ingo ^a   Thiedig, Katharina ^a   Nordholt, Niclas ^a   Schmidt, Nina ^a   Huep, Gunnar ^a   Sagasser, Martin ^a   Weisshaar, Bernd ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Flavonoids; GABI Kat; Proanthocyanidins; T DNA; Vanillin assay

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ANTHOCYANIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSIDE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCYANINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FLAVONOLS; GENOTYPE; GLYCOSIDES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84919457484     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-014-2088-0     Document Type: Article

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