Molecular mechanism of manipulating seed coat coloration in oilseed Brassica species

Aspergillus fumigatus melanins: interference with the host endocytosis pathway and impact on virulence

(2013) Thorsten Heinekamp et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Metabolite profiling and quantitative genetics of natural variation for flavonoids in Arabidopsis

(2012) Jean-Marc Routaboul et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The Effect of TRANSPARENT TESTA2 on Seed Fatty Acid Biosynthesis and Tolerance to Environmental Stresses during Young Seedling Establishment in Arabidopsis

(2012) M. Chen et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Transparent Testa16 Plays Multiple Roles in Plant Development and Is Involved in Lipid Synthesis and Embryo Development in Canola

(2012) W. Deng et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A knockout mutation in the lignin biosynthesis gene CCR1 explains a major QTL for acid detergent lignin content in Brassica napus seeds

(2012) Liezhao Liu et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Analysis of Gene Expression Patterns during Seed Coat Development in Arabidopsis

(2011) Gillian Dean et al.   Molecular Plant

Two seed coat-specific promoters are functionally conserved between Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica napus

(2010) Limin Wu et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-PLANT

Seed Coat Phenolics and the Developing Silique Transcriptome of Brassica carinata

(2010) Xiang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Cloning and expression analysis of an anthocyanidin synthase gene homolog from Brassica juncea

(2010) Mingli Yan et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Analysis of PRODUCTION OF FLAVONOL GLYCOSIDES-dependent flavonol glycoside accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana plants reveals MYB11-, MYB12- and MYB111-independent flavonol glycoside accumulation

(2010) Ralf Stracke et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A new dominant Arabidopsis transparent testa mutant, sk21-D, and modulation of seed flavonoid biosynthesis by KAN4

(2010) Peng Gao et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Metabolic profiling and cytological analysis of proanthocyanidins in immature seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana flavonoid accumulation mutants

(2010) Satoshi Kitamura et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The Mysteries of Proanthocyanidin Transport and Polymerization

(2010) J. Zhao et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A seed coat-specific promoter for canola

(2009) Aliaa El-Mezawy et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in the seed coat of yellow-seeded, canola quality Brassica napus YN01-429 is constrained at the committed step catalyzed by dihydroflavonol 4-reductaseThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in a Special Issue from the National Research Council of Canada – Plant Biotechnology Institute.

(2009) Leonid Akhov et al.   Botany

The promoter of the Arabidopsis thaliana BAN gene is active in proanthocyanidin-accumulating cells of the Brassica napus seed coat

(2009) Nathalie Nesi et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Mutations in UDP-Glucose:Sterol Glucosyltransferase in Arabidopsis Cause Transparent Testa Phenotype and Suberization Defect in Seeds

(2009) S. DeBolt et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Brassica orthologs from BANYULS belong to a small multigene family, which is involved in procyanidin accumulation in the seed

(2009) Bathilde Auger et al.   PLANTA

The endogenous GL3, but not EGL3, gene is necessary for anthocyanin accumulation as induced by nitrogen depletion in Arabidopsis rosette stage leaves

(2009) Dugassa N. Feyissa et al.   PLANTA

TRANSPARENT TESTA 12 genes from Brassica napus and parental species: cloning, evolution, and differential involvement in yellow seed trait

(2008) You-Rong Chai et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

MYBL2 is a new regulator of flavonoid biosynthesis inArabidopsis thaliana

(2008) Christian Dubos et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Map-based cloning and characterization of a gene controlling hairiness and seed coat color traits in Brassica rapa

(2008) Jiefu Zhang et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Expression analysis of ANTHOCYANINLESS2 gene in Arabidopsis

(2008) Hiroyoshi Kubo et al.   PLANT SCIENCE