Genetic analysis of reproductive development in tomato

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8-10, 2009, Pages 1635-1648

  Lozano, Rafael ^a   Giménez, Estela ^a   Cara, Beatriz ^a,b   Capel, Juan ^a   Angosto, Trinidad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flowering; Fruit development; Tomato; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARPEL; DOMESTICATION; FLOWERING; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT RIPENING; FRUIT SIZE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OVULE; PARTHENOCARPY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPECIES; TOMATO; TREE PRUNING;

ETHYLENES; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MERISTEM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; OVULE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; REPRODUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 73949121259     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072440rl     Document Type: Review

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