Alteration of a single amino acid changes the substrate specificity of dihydroflavonol 4‐reductase
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- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Plant Journal
- Vol. 25 (3) , 325-333
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.00962.x
Abstract
Many plant species exhibit a reduced range of flower colors due to the lack of an essential gene or to the substrate specificity of a biosynthetic enzyme. Petunia does not produce orange flowers beca...Keywords
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