To betalains and back again: A tale of two pigments

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 939-941

  Des Marais, David L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway (ABP); Betalains; Caryophyllales; Evolutionary transitions; Floral pigments; Gene duplication; Novel adaptation

Indexed keywords

CARYOPHYLLALES;

BETALAIN;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE;

BETALAINS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84938401240     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13556     Document Type: Note

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