Failure to launch: the self-regulating Md-MYB10 R6 gene from apple is active in flowers but not leaves of Petunia

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1817-1823

  Boase, Murray R ^a   Brendolise, Cyril ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Ngo, Hahn ^a   Espley, Richard V ^a   Hellens, Roger P ^a,b,c   Schwinn, Kathy E ^a   Davies, Kevin M ^a   Albert, Nick W ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; BHLH; Flavonoid; MYB; Petunia; WDR

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PETUNIA;

FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PETUNIA; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84941942934     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-015-1827-4     Document Type: Article

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