Natural variation in flavonol accumulation in Arabidopsis is determined by the flavonol glucosyltransferase BGLU6

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1505-1517

  Ishihara, Hirofumi ^a,b   Tohge, Takayuki ^b   Viehöver, Prisca ^a   Fernie, Alisdair R ^b   Weisshaar, Bernd ^a   Stracke, Ralf ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; flavonoid; flavonol glucosyltransferase; glycoside hydrolase type; natural variation; whole genome association mapping

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BGLU6 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CYTOPLASM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; INBREEDING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; SEEDLING;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOPLASM; FLAVONOLS; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INBREEDING; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEEDLINGS;

EID: 84974603461     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv546     Document Type: Article

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