Transgene Inhibits Flower Pigment Production in Tobacco

In part due to the ease of visual detection of phenotypic changes, anthocyanin pigment production has long been the target of genetic and molecular research in plants. Specific members of the large family of plant myb transcription factors have been found to play critical roles in regulating expression of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes and these genes continue to serve as important tools in dissecting the molecular mechanisms of plant gene regulation. gene confirmed the NtAN2 protein as the likely target of PG-1-based inhibition of tobacco pigment production. protein function in test transgenic systems that over-express or mutate plant transcription factors