Genome-wide identification and functional characterization of UDP-glucosyltransferase genes involved in flavonoid biosynthesis in glycine max

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1558-1572

  Yin, Qinggang ^a   Shen, Guoan ^a   Di, Shaokang ^a   Fan, Cunying ^a   Chang, Zhenzhan ^b   Pang, Yongzhen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; Glucosyltransferase; Glycine max; Hairy roots; Soybean

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DOCKING; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT ROOT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLAVONOLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SOYBEANS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85038629368     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcx081     Document Type: Article

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