A vacuolar iron transporter in tulip, TgVit1, is responsible for blue coloration in petal cells through iron accumulation
Kazumi Momonoi(Toyama Prefectural Agricultural, Forestry & Fisheries Research Center), Mikio Nishimura(Konan University), Chihiro Nakamori(National Institute for Basic Biology), Hideyuki Takahashi(Nagoya University), Akira Nitta(Toyama Prefectural Agricultural, Forestry & Fisheries Research Center), Kumi Yoshida(Nagoya University), Kazuaki Shoji(Toyama Prefectural Agricultural, Forestry & Fisheries Research Center), Shoji Mano(National Institute for Basic Biology)
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