Characterization of a Citrus R2R3-MYB Transcription Factor that Regulates the Flavonol and Hydroxycinnamic Acid Biosynthesis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Liu, Chaoyang ^a   Long, Jianmei ^a   Zhu, Kaijie ^a   Liu, Linlin ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Hongyan ^a   Li, Li ^b   Xu, Qiang ^a   Deng, Xiuxin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYFLAVONE; COUMARIC ACID; FLAVONOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CITRUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TOMATO;

CITRUS; COUMARIC ACIDS; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84969844600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep25352     Document Type: Article

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