Tyrosine Hydroxylation in Betalain Pigment Biosynthesis Is Performed by Cytochrome P450 Enzymes in Beets (Beta vulgaris)

An enzyme-coupled biosensor enables (S)-reticuline production in yeast from glucose

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Lineage-specific gene radiations underlie the evolution of novel betalain pigmentation in Caryophyllales

(2015) Samuel F. Brockington et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Beyond brown: polyphenol oxidases as enzymes of plant specialized metabolism

(2015) Michael L. Sullivan   Frontiers in Plant Science

The beet Y locus encodes an anthocyanin MYB-like protein that activates the betalain red pigment pathway

(2014) Gregory J Hatlestad et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Encapsulation of the Most Potent Antioxidant Betalains in Edible Matrixes as Powders of Different Colors

(2013) Fernando Gandía-Herrero et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

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(2013) B. Xu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The genome of the recently domesticated crop plant sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)

(2013) Juliane C. Dohm et al.   NATURE

Genetic engineering of yellow betalain pigments beyond the species barrier

(2013) Takashi Nakatsuka et al.   Scientific Reports

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Betalain production is possible in anthocyanin-producing plant species given the presence of DOPA-dioxygenase and L-DOPA

(2012) Nilangani N Harris et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Pigment identification, nutritional composition, bioactivity, and in vitro cancer cell cytotoxicity of Rivina humilis L. berries, potential source of betalains

(2012) Mohammad Imtiyaj Khan et al.   LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The beet R locus encodes a new cytochrome P450 required for red betalain production

(2012) Gregory J Hatlestad et al.   NATURE GENETICS

jModelTest 2: more models, new heuristics and parallel computing

(2012) Diego Darriba et al.   NATURE METHODS

Characterization of recombinant Beta vulgaris 4,5-DOPA-extradiol-dioxygenase active in the biosynthesis of betalains

(2012) Fernando Gandía-Herrero et al.   PLANTA

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Complex pigment evolution in the Caryophyllales

(2011) Samuel F. Brockington et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Purification and characterisation of polyphenol oxidase from red Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris subspecies cicla) leaves

(2009) Zhao-Jian Gao et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Detection of DOPA 4,5-Dioxygenase (DOD) Activity Using Recombinant Protein Prepared from Escherichia coli Cells Harboring cDNA Encoding DOD from Mirabilis jalapa

(2009) N. Sasaki et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

The TTG1-bHLH-MYB complex controls trichome cell fate and patterning through direct targeting of regulatory loci

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