Differentially evolved glucosyltransferases determine natural variation of rice flavone accumulation and UV-tolerance

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Peng, Meng ^a   Shahzad, Raheel ^a   Gul, Ambreen ^a   Subthain, Hizar ^a   Shen, Shuangqian ^a   Lei, Long ^a   Zheng, Zhigang ^a   Zhou, Junjie ^a   Lu, Dandan ^a   Wang, Shouchuang ^a   Nishawy, Elsayed ^a,b   Liu, Xianqing ^a   Tohge, Takayuki ^c   Fernie, Alisdair R ^d   Luo, Jie ^a,e  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DESERT RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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

^e HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FLAVONE 7-O-BETA-GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT BREEDING; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALLELISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RICE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANGIOSPERM; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; ORYZA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

FLAVONES; FLAVONOIDS; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; KINETICS; MAGNOLIOPSIDA; ORYZA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT BREEDING; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 85038445191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02168-x     Document Type: Article

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