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TRANSPARENT TESTA1 interacts with R2R3-MYB factors and affects early and late steps of flavonoid biosynthesis in the endothelium of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Aug 2011
Appelhagen Ingo, Lu Gui-Hua, Huep Gunnar, Schmelzer Elmon, Weisshaar Bernd, Sagasser Martin
Abstract excerpt
Wild type seed coats of Arabidopsis thaliana are brown due to the accumulation of proanthocyanidin pigments (PAs). The pigmentation requires activation of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis genes and mutations in some of these genes cause a yellow appearance of seeds, termed transparent testa (tt) phenotype. The TT1 gene encodes a WIP-type zinc finger protein and is expressed in the seed coat endothelium where most of...
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