Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of the AP2/ERF superfamily in Vitis vinifera

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Licausi, Francesco ^a   Giorgi, Federico M ^b   Zenoni, Sara ^c   Osti, Fabio ^d   Pezzotti, Mario ^c   Perata, Pierdomenico ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AP2 GENE; ARTICLE; BERRY; ERF GENE; FRUIT RIPENING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAPE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VITIS;

EID: 78650271190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-719     Document Type: Article

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