The dope on l-DOPA formation for betalain pigments

New Phytologist

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 6-9

  Schwinn, Kathy E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Betalain; Biotechnological application; CYP gene; Evolution; l 3,4 dihydroxyphenylalanine (l DOPA); Plant metabolic engineering; Tyrosine hydroxylation

Indexed keywords

BETALAIN; LEVODOPA; OXYGENASE;

BETALAINS; LEVODOPA; OXYGENASES;

EID: 84959126222     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13901     Document Type: Note

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