Functional characterization of a flavonoid glycosyltransferase in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Liu, Xiaogang ^a,b   Lin, Cailing ^a   Ma, Xiaodi ^a   Tan, Yan ^a   Wang, Jiuzhao ^a   Zeng, Ming ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Flavonoid 7 O glucosyltransferase; Flavonoid 7 O rhamnosyltransferase; Flavonoid glycosylation; Flavonoid rhamnosylation; Sweet orange (C. sinensis); UGTs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043341401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00166     Document Type: Article

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