Diversity in flower colorations of Ranunculus asiaticus L. revealed by anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway in view of gene composition, gene expression patterns, and color phenotype.

Abstract excerpt

Anthocyanin biosynthesis is one of the best studied secondary metabolisms. However, related pathways were generally concluded based on anthocyanin components; most studies focused on the backbone forming of anthocyanidins (cyanidin, delphinidin, and pelargonidin) of model or commercial plants, while anthocyanin modification was less discussed, and non-model plants with abundant colorations were less researched...

Topics

• Anthocyanins
• Color
• Flowers
• Gene Expression Profiling
• Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
• Phenotype
• Plant Proteins
• Ranunculus