Identification of genes in the phenylalanine metabolic pathway by ectopic expression of a MYB transcription factor in tomato fruit

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2738-2753

  Cin, Valeriano Dal ^a   Tieman, Denise M ^a   Tohge, Takayuki ^b   McQuinn, Ryan ^c   de Vos, Ric C H ^d,e,f   Osorio, Sonia ^b   Schmelz, Eric A ^g   Taylor, Mark G ^a   Smits Kroon, Miriam T ^e,g   Schuurink, Robert C ^h   Haring, Michel A ^h   Giovannoni, James ^c   Fernie, Alisdair R ^b   Klee, Harry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

^c Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

^f NETHERLANDS METABOLOMICS CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^g CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 80051915965     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.086975     Document Type: Article

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