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Molecular characterization of mutations in white-flowered torenia plants.
BMC plant biology - 2 Apr 2014
Nishihara Masahiro, Yamada Eri, Saito Misa, Fujita Kohei, Takahashi Hideyuki, Nakatsuka Takashi
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BACKGROUND: Torenia (Torenia fournieri Lind.) is a model plant increasingly exploited in studies in various disciplines, including plant engineering, biochemistry, physiology, and ecology. Additionally, cultivars with different flower colors have been bred and made commercially available. Flower color in torenia is mainly attributed to the accumulation of anthocyanins, but the molecular mechanisms inducing flower...
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