Effects of cytokinin production under two SAG promoters on senescence and development of tomato plants

Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 579-586

  Swartzberg, D ^a   Dai, N ^a   Gan, S ^b   Amasino, R ^c   Granot, D ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokinin; IPT; Promoter; SAG; Senescence; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYTOKININ; SAG12 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SAG13 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSFERASE;

CYTOGENETICS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT; SENESCENCE;

ARTICLE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; TIME; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOKININS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33749431836     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924240     Document Type: Article

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