Ectopic expression of snapdragon transcription factors facilitates the identification of genes encoding enzymes of anthocyanin decoration in tomato

Plant Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 686-704

  Tohge, Takayuki ^a   Zhang, Yang ^b   Peterek, Silke ^c   Matros, Andrea ^c   Rallapalli, Ghanasyam ^d   Tandrõn, Yudelsy A ^c   Butelli, Eugenio ^b   Kallam, Kalyani ^b   Hertkorn, Norbert ^e   Mock, Hans Peter ^c   Martin, Cathie ^b   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^d NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

acyltransferase; anthocyanin metabolism; glycosyltransferase; RNA seq; Solanaceous species; tomato

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENZYMES; FRUITS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYPHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA; SIGNAL ENCODING; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; GENES ENCODING ENZYMES; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE; INFORMATION CONCERNING; PHENYLPROPANOID METABOLISMS; SOLANACEOUS SPECIES; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTIONAL NETWORKS;

ANTHOCYANINS;

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ANTHOCYANIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TOMATO;

ANTHOCYANINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84938767205     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12920     Document Type: Article

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