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Steve Mackay
Researcher at Norwich Research Park
Publications - 5
Citations - 2094
Steve Mackay is an academic researcher from Norwich Research Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Antirrhinum & Antirrhinum majus. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 1817 citations. Previous affiliations of Steve Mackay include John Innes Centre.
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Retrotransposons Control Fruit-Specific, Cold-Dependent Accumulation of Anthocyanins in Blood Oranges
Eugenio Butelli,Concetta Licciardello,Yang Zhang,Jianjun Liu,Steve Mackay,Paul Bailey,Giuseppe Reforgiato-Recupero,Cathie Martin +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that Sicilian blood orange arose by insertion of a Copia-like retrotransposon adjacent to a gene encoding Ruby, a MYB transcriptional activator of anthocyanin production, and transposition and recombination of retroelements are likely important sources of variation in Citrus.
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The AmMYB308 and AmMYB330 transcription factors from antirrhinum regulate phenylpropanoid and lignin biosynthesis in transgenic tobacco
Lodovico Tamagnone,Ángel Mérida,Adrian J. Parr,Steve Mackay,Francisco A. Culianez-Macia,Keith Roberts,Cathie Martin +6 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that overexpression of two MYB genes from Antirrhinum represses phenolic acid metabolism and lignin biosynthesis in transgenic tobacco plants.
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A small family of MYB-regulatory genes controls floral pigmentation intensity and patterning in the genus Antirrhinum
Kathy E. Schwinn,Julien Venail,Yongjin Shang,Yongjin Shang,Steve Mackay,Vibeke Alm,Eugenio Butelli,Ryan Oyama,Paul Bailey,Kevin M. Davies,Cathie Martin +10 more
TL;DR: Analysis of mutant phenotypes shows that the Rosea1, Rosea2, and Venosa genes encode MYB-related transcription factors active in the flowers of Antirrhinum majus, which are probably a primary cause of natural variation in anthocyanin pigmentation in plants.
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Control of anthocyanin biosynthesis in flowers of Antirrhinum majus
TL;DR: Six cDNA clones encoding enzymes in the pathway committed to flavonoid biosynthesis are isolated and used to assay how the regulatory genes that modify colour pattern affect the expression of biosynthetic genes.
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The molecular basis for venation patterning of pigmentation and its effect on pollinator attraction in flowers of Antirrhinum
Yongjin Shang,Yongjin Shang,Julien Venail,Steve Mackay,Paul Bailey,Kathy E. Schwinn,Paula E. Jameson,Cathie Martin,Kevin M. Davies +8 more
TL;DR: The molecular genetics and function of venation were investigated in the genus Antirrhinum, in which venation is determined by Venosa (encoding an R2R3MYB transcription factor), andylogenetic analyses suggest that venation patterning is an ancestral trait in AntirRHinum.