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Anthocyanin composition and expression analysis of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes in kidney bean pod.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB - 1 Dec 2015
Hu Jingtao, Chen Guoping, Zhang Yanjie, Cui Baolu, Yin Wencheng, Yu Xiaohui, Zhu Zhiguo, Hu Zongli
Abstract excerpt
Kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important dietary legume crop cultivated and consumed worldwide. A purple cultivar (Zi Bawang) and a green cultivar (Chun Qiu), the main difference of which is in the pod skin color, were selected for the study. Malvidin 3, 5-diglucoside is identified as the major anthocyanin in the pod skin of Zi Bawang by HPLC-ESI-MS/MS. Three regulatory genes PvMYB1, PvMYB2, PvTT8-1...
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