An O-methyltransferase modifies accumulation of methylated anthocyanins in seedlings of tomato

Plant Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 695-708

  Roldan, Maria Victoria Gomez ^a,b,c   Outchkourov, Nikolay ^a   Van Houwelingen, Adèle ^a   Lammers, Michiel ^a   De La Fuente, Irene Romero ^a   Ziklo, Noa ^d   Aharoni, Asaph ^d   Hall, Robert D ^a,b,c   Beekwilder, Jules ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Mitax BV   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Metabolomics Centre   (Netherlands)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Hypocotyls; Methylation; Methyltransferase; Solanum lycopersicum; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUITS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; HISTOLOGY; METHYLATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE; TRANSCRIPTION;

ANTHOCYANIN BIOSYNTHESIS; HYPOCOTYLS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; RECOMBINANT EXPRESSION; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC TOMATO FRUITS;

ANTHOCYANINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

ANTHOCYANIN; FLAVONOID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HYPOCOTYL; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEEDLING; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; HYPOCOTYL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLINGS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84945749156     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12664     Document Type: Article

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