Functional diversification of the potato R2R3 MYB anthocyanin activators AN1, MYBA1, and MYB113 and their interaction with basic helix-loop-helix cofactors

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2159-2176

  Liu, Yuhui ^a   Lin Wang, Kui ^b   Espley, Richard V ^b   Wang, Li ^a   Yang, Hongyu ^a   Yu, Bin ^a   Dare, Andrew ^b   Varkonyi Gasic, Erika ^b   Wang, Jing ^a   Zhang, Junlian ^a   Wang, Di ^a   Allan, Andrew C ^b,c  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; cofactors; diversification; interaction; MYB transcription factors; potato

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT TUBER; POTATO; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCYANINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT TUBERS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOBACCO;

EID: 84963851642     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw014     Document Type: Article

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