Down-regulation of TM29, a tomato SEPALLATA homolog, causes parthenocarpic fruit development and floral reversion

Plant Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 605-617

  Ampomah Dwamena, Charles ^a   Morris, Bret A ^a   Sutherland, Paul ^a   Veit, Bruce ^a   Yao, Jia Long ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FRUITS; GENES; RNA;

HOMOLOGY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0036802631     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.005223     Document Type: Article

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