Article
Insertion and excision of a transposable element governs the red floral phenotype in commercial petunias.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Apr 2005
Nakajima T, Matsubara K, Kodama H, Kokubun H, Watanabe H, Ando T
Abstract excerpt
Commercial cultivars of Petunia hybrida with red flowers (red petunias) accumulate cyanidin 3-glucoside as a main floral anthocyanin pigment. The conversion of anthocyanidin 3-glucosides to anthocyanidin 3-rutinosides is catalyzed by a UDP-rhamnose: anthocyanidin 3-glucoside-rhamnosyltransferase (RT). In red petunias, the RT gene is known to be disrupted by the insertion of a transposable element (dTph3). We have...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.