title: A skin color mutation of grapevine, from black-skinned Pinot Noir to white-skinned Pinot Blanc, is caused by deletion of the functional VvmybA1 allele.
abstract: A white-wine grape, Pinot Blanc, is thought to be a white-skinned mutant of a red-wine grape, Pinot Noir. Pinot Noir was heterozygous for VvmybA1. One allele was the non-functional VvmybA1a, and the other was the functional VvmybA1c. In Pinot Blanc, however, only VvmybA1a was observed, and the amount of VvmybA1 DNA in Pinot Blanc was half that in Pinot Noir. These findings suggest that deletion of VvmybA1c from Pinot Noir resulted in Pinot Blanc.
authors.affiliation: Grape and Persimmon Research Station, National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Hiroshima.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yakushiji
authors.forename: Shozo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Nami
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goto-Yamamoto
authors.forename: Soek
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tae Jeong
authors.forename: Tamotsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sueta
authors.forename: Nobuhito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitani
authors.forename: Akifumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azuma
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D003116:Color; D005638:Fruit / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D010858:Pigmentation / Q000235:genetics*; D027843:Vitis / Q000235:genetics*