CjbHLH1 homologs regulate sanguinarine biosynthesis in Eschscholzia californica cells

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1019-1030

  Yamada, Yasuyuki ^a   Motomura, Yukiya ^a   Sato, Fumihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix; Eschscholzia californica (California poppy); Isoquinoline alkaloids; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; COPTIS JAPONICA; ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA; NICOTIANA;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BERBERINE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MESSENGER RNA; OXYLIPIN; SANGUINARINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COPTIS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHSCHOLZIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACETATES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINES; BERBERINE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; COPTIS; CYCLOPENTANES; DOWN-REGULATION; ESCHSCHOLZIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; ISOQUINOLINES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXYLIPINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDLINGS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84929725065     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv027     Document Type: Article

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