Manipulation of DET1 expression in tomato results in photomorphogenic phenotypes caused by post-transcriptional gene silencing

Plant Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 344-354

  Davuluri, Ganga Rao ^a   Van Tuinen, Ageeth ^a,e   Mustilli, Anna Chiara ^a   Manfredonia, Alessandro ^a   Newman, Robert ^b,f   Burgess, Diane ^b   Brummell, David A ^b,g   King, Stephen R ^c,h   Palys, Joe ^c   Uhlig, John ^c   Pennings, Henk M J ^c   Bowler, Chris ^a,d  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b DNA Plant Technology   (United States)

^c Seminis Vegetable Seeds   (United States)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Verdia Inc   (United States)

^g THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DET1; DNA methylation; Fruit ripening; Photomorphogenesis; Post transcriptional gene silencing; siRNA; Tomato

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PIGMENTS; PROTEINS; RNA;

GENE ENCODING; HYPERMETHYLATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PIGMENT; TDET1 PROTEIN, LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; LIGHT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE;

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PIGMENT; PLANTS; PROTEINS; TOMATOES;

ARABIDOPSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 7044271232     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02218.x     Document Type: Article

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