Anthocyanin leaf markings are regulated by a family of R2R3-MYB genes in the genus Trifolium

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 882-893

  Albert, Nick W ^a,b   Griffiths, Andrew G ^a   Cousins, Greig R ^a   Verry, Isabelle M ^a   Williams, Warren M ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix (bHLH); Clover (Trifolium); Flavonoid; Legume; Transcription factor; WD repeat (WDR); WD40

Indexed keywords

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

ANTHOCYANIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CLOVER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ONCOGENE MYB; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAF; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, MYB; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84919632559     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13100     Document Type: Article

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