Characterization and expression analysis of FRUITFULL- and SHATTERPROOF-like genes from peach (Prunus persica) and their role in split-pit formation

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 649-659

  Tani, Eleni ^a   Polidoros, Alexios N ^a   Tsaftaris, Athanasios S ^a,b  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mads box genes; Peach fruit development; RCA RACE

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMINO ACID; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 34250816832     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.5.649     Document Type: Article

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