Elucidating the biosynthetic and regulatory mechanisms of flavonoid-derived bioactive components in Epimedium sagittatum

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue september, 2015, Pages

  Huang, Wenjun ^a   Zeng, Shaohua ^b   Xiao, Gong ^a   Wei, Guoyan ^a   Liao, Sihong ^a   Chen, Jianjun ^a   Sun, Wei ^b,c   Lv, Haiyan ^a   Wang, Ying ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; bHLH; Epimedium; Flavonoid; MYB; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941005960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00689     Document Type: Article

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