Ethylene control of E4 transcription during tomato fruit ripening involves two cooperative cis elements

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1117-1127

  Xu, Ruiling ^a   Goldman, Stanley ^b   Coupe, Simon ^a   Deikman, Jill ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ethylene; fruit ripening; gene transcription; tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0030237877     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00040829     Document Type: Article

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