In the Solanaceae, a hierarchy of bHLHs confer distinct target specificity to the anthocyanin regulatory complex

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1427-1436

  Montefiori, Mirco ^a   Brendolise, Cyril ^a   Dare, Andrew P ^a   Kui, Lin Wang ^a   Davies, Kevin M ^a   Hellens, Roger P ^a,b,c   Allan, Andrew C ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BHLH; MYB; Solanaceae; Tobacco; Transcription factors; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANACEAE;

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

ACTINIDIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACTINIDIA; ANTHOCYANINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84924368274     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru494     Document Type: Article

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