A candidate gene survey of quantitative trait loci affecting chemical composition in tomato fruit

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2875-2890

  Bermudez L ^a   Urias, U ^a,b,d   Milstein, D ^a   Kamenetzky, L ^b,d   Asis, R ^c   Fernie, A R ^d   Van Sluys, M A ^a   Carrari, F ^b,d   Rossi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Introgressed lines; Metabolite content; Quantitative trait loci; Solanum lycopersicum; Solanum pennelli; Tomato

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TOMATO;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 46849103376     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern146     Document Type: Article

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