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SUBMITTER: Falcone Ferreyra ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3360202 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Falcone Ferreyra María Lorena ML Casas María Isabel MI Questa Julia Irene JI Herrera Andrea Lorena AL Deblasio Stacy S Wang Jing J Jackson David D Grotewold Erich E Casati Paula P
Frontiers in plant science 20120525
Flavonoids are specialized compounds widely distributed and with diverse functions throughout the plant kingdom and with several benefits for human health. In particular, flavonols, synthesized by flavonol synthase (FLS), protect plants against UV-B radiation and are essential for male fertility in maize and other plants. We have recently characterized a UV-B inducible ZmFLS1, corresponding to the first to be described in monocot plants. Interestingly, the new assembly of the B73 maize genome re ...[more]