Disruption of a CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE 4 gene converts flower colour from white to yellow in Brassica species

New Phytologist

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1513-1526

  Zhang, Bao ^a   Liu, Chao ^a   Wang, Yaqin ^a   Yao, Xuan ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Wu, Jiangsheng ^a   King, Graham J ^b   Liu, Kede ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apocarotenoid; Brassica; Carotenoid; Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4; Evolutional mechanism; Flower colour

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA CARINATA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA;

CAROTENOID; DIOXYGENASE; TRANSPOSON; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRASSICA; CELL FRACTIONATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRASSICA; CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIOXYGENASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84928926355     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13335     Document Type: Article

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