Novel R2R3-MYB transcription factors from Prunus americana regulate differential patterns of anthocyanin accumulation in tobacco and citrus

GM Crops and Food

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 85-105

  Dasgupta, Kasturi ^a,b   Thilmony, Roger ^b   Stover, Ed ^c   Oliveira, Maria Luiza ^c   Thomson, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; CaMV double35S promoter; citrus; R2 R3 MYB transcription factor; tobacco; transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; CITRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PIGMENTATION; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; PRUNUS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VITIS;

ANTHOCYANINS; ARABIDOPSIS; CITRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PRUNUS; SEEDS; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; VITIS;

EID: 85040925426     PISSN: 21645698     EISSN: 21645701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645698.2016.1267897     Document Type: Article

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