Cit1,2RhaT and two novel CitdGlcTs participate in flavor-related flavonoid metabolism during citrus fruit development

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 2759-2771

  Chen, Jiajing ^a   Yuan, Ziyu ^a   Zhang, Haipeng ^a   Li, Wenyun ^a,c   Shi, Meiyan ^a   Peng, Zhaoxin ^a   Li, Mingyue ^a   Tian, Jing ^a   Deng, Xiuxin ^a   Cheng, Yunjiang ^a   Deng, Cecilia Hong ^b   Xie, Zongzhou ^a   Zeng, Jiwu ^d   Yao, Jia Long ^b   Xu, Juan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Bitterness; citrus; flavonoid; flavonoid 7 O di glucosides; flavonoid 7 O glucoside; neohesperidoside

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065829947     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz081     Document Type: Article

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