Silencing a phloretin-specific glycosyltransferase perturbs both general phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and plant development

Plant Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 237-250

  Dare, Andrew P ^a   Yauk, Yar Khing ^a   Tomes, Sumathi ^a   McGhie, Tony K ^b   Rebstock, Ria S ^a   Cooney, Janine M ^b   Atkinson, Ross G ^a  

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

^b PFR Ruakura   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

apple; auxin; dihydrochalcone; glycosyltransferase; Malus domestica; phenylpropanoid; phloridzin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; METABOLITES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE CULTURE;

APPLE; AUXIN; DIHYDROCHALCONE; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE; PHENYLPROPANOIDS; PHLORIDZIN;

FRUITS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; FRUITS; POLYPHENOLS; SHOOTS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; DIHYDROCHALCONE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; PHLORETIN; PHLORIZIN; PLANT PROTEIN;

DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALUS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; CHALCONES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MALUS; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; PHLORETIN; PHLORHIZIN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 85019138065     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13559     Document Type: Article

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