Molecular genetics of blood-fleshed peach reveals activation of anthocyanin biosynthesis by NAC transcription factors

Plant Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-121

  Zhou, Hui ^a,b   Lin Wang, Kui ^c   Wang, Huiliang ^d   Gu, Chao ^a   Dare, Andrew P ^c   Espley, Richard V ^c   He, Huaping ^d   Allan, Andrew C ^c   Han, Yuepeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

anthocyanins; gene mapping; peach; PpMYB10.1; PpNAC1

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANINS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; FRUITS; GENE ENCODING; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GENE MAPPING; MYB TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PEACH; PPMYB10.1; PPNAC1; PROMOTER-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSORS;

BLOOD;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; PRUNUS PERSICA;

ANTHOCYANIN; CYANIDIN 3-O-GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSIDE; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PEACH; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCYANINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSIDES; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PRUNUS PERSICA; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84925603577     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12792     Document Type: Article

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