A wild 'albino' bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) from Slovenia shows three bottlenecks in the anthocyanin pathway and significant differences in the expression of several regulatory genes compared to the common blue berry type.

Relative expressions of structural genes and a number of transcription factors of the anthocyanin pathway relevant in Vaccinium species, and related key enzyme activities were compared with the composition and content of metabolites in skins of ripe fruits of wild albino and blue bilberry (Vaccinium...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Zala Zorenc, Robert Veberic, Ana Slatnar, Darinka Koron, Silvija Miosic, Ming-Hui Chen, Christian Haselmair-Gosch, Heidi Halbwirth, Maja Mikulic-Petkovsek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5741254?pdf=render

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