An R2R3-MYB transcription factor represses the transformation of a-and b-branch carotenoids by negatively regulating expression of CrBCH2 and CrNCED5 in flavedo of Citrus reticulate

New Phytologist

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 178-192

  Zhu, Feng ^a   Luo, Tao ^a   Liu, Chaoyang ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Yang, Hongbin ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Zheng, Li ^a   Xiao, Xue ^a   Zhang, Mingfei ^a   Xu, Rangwei ^a   Xu, Jianguo ^b   Zeng, Yunliu ^a   Xu, Juan ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a   Guo, Wenwu ^a   Larkin, Robert M ^a   Deng, Xiuxin ^a   Cheng, Yunjiang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Citrus Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

ABA; Carotenoid metabolism; Citrus reticulata; Fruit development and postharvest; MYB transcription factor; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; PLANT DNA; PLANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; CITRUS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; METABOLOME; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85021817698     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14684     Document Type: Article

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