Biochemical and molecular analysis of pink tomatoes: Deregulated expression of the gene encoding transcription factor SLMYB12 leads to pink tomato fruit color

Plant Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-84

  Ballester, Ana Rosa ^a,b   Molthoff, Jos ^a   de Vos, Ric ^a,b   Hekkert, Bas te Lintel ^a   Orzaez, Diego ^c   Fernández Moreno, Josefina Patricia ^c   Tripodi, Pasquale ^d   Grandillo, Silvana ^d   Martin, Cathie ^e   Heldens, Jos ^f   Ykema, Marieke ^f   Granell, Antonio ^c   Bovy, Arnaud ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

^c Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^f ENZA ZADEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON CHMIELEWSKII; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 73249144867     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.147322     Document Type: Article

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