Metabolic profiling of a mapping population exposes new insights in the regulation of seed metabolism and seed, fruit, and plant relations

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Toubiana, David ^a,b   Semel, Yaniv ^c   Tohge, Takayuki ^a   Beleggia, Romina ^d   Cattivelli, Luigi ^d   Rosental, Leah ^b   Nikoloski, Zoran ^a   Zamir, Dani ^c   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a   Fait, Aaron ^b  

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

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d CRA Cereal Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; PROLINE; SERINE; SUGAR; THREONINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FRUIT; FRUIT METABOLISM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HOMOZYGOTE; INHERITANCE; INTROGRESSION; METABOLIC PROFILING; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PERICARP; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; PLANT TISSUE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SEASON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOMATO; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ENVIRONMENT; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETICS, POPULATION; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDS;

EID: 84859224260     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002612     Document Type: Article

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