Molecular characterization of seven genes encoding ethylene-responsive transcriptional factors during plum fruit development and ripening

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 907-922

  El Sharkawy, I ^a   Sherif, S ^a   Mila, I ^b   Bouzayen, M ^b   Jayasankar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Double sigmoid curve growth pattern; Ethylene responsive factor (ERF); Plant hormones; Plum fruit development and ripening

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PRUNUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO;

CELL NUCLEUS; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PRUNUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS SALICINA;

EID: 62349134862     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern354     Document Type: Article

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