Function, Structure, and Evolution of Flavonoid Glycosyltransferases in Plants

Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-82

  Yonekura Sakakibara, Keiko ^a   Saito, Kazuki ^a,b  

^a Elements Chemistry Laboratory   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Evolution; Flavonoid; Glycoside hydrolase; Glycosyltransferase; Plant secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANINS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROLASES; METABOLITES; SUGARS;

EVOLUTION; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE; PLANT SECONDARY METABOLITES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 84976382011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118329634.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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