Plant secondary metabolites, such as polyphenols, have drawn increasing attention in research due to their potential health benefits. To study the regulatory mechanisms of their formation the major phenolic compounds in a number of strawberry cultivars and segregating populations were analyzed via LC-MS
n and subsequently correlated with gene expression patterns. Among other candidates a peroxidase gene was identified. Functional characterization revealed its involvement in lignin formation. The direction of metabolic flux between lignin and flavonoid biosynthesis may crucially contribute to breeding of new strawberry cultivars with elevated nutritional value.
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Plant secondary metabolites, such as polyphenols, have drawn increasing attention in research due to their potential health benefits. To study the regulatory mechanisms of their formation the major phenolic compounds in a number of strawberry cultivars and segregating populations were analyzed via LC-MS
n and subsequently correlated with gene expression patterns. Among other candidates a peroxidase gene was identified. Functional characterization revealed its involvement in lignin formation. The...
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