Altered plastid levels and potential for improved fruit nutrient content by downregulation of the tomato DDB1-interacting protein CUL4

Plant Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-103

  Wang, Songhu ^a   Liu, Jikai ^a   Feng, Yuanyuan ^a   Niu, Xiangli ^a   Giovannoni, Jim ^b   Liu, Yongsheng ^a,c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenogenesis; Cullin4; DDB1; Fruit quality; Plastid division; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CULLIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FLAVONOID; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; FRUIT; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASTID; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOMATO; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ABSCISIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; CELL NUCLEUS; CULLIN PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 47249147227     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03489.x     Document Type: Article

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