The AINTEGUMENTA genes, MdANT1 and MdANT2, are associated with the regulation of cell production during fruit growth in apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.)

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dash, Madhumita ^a   Malladi, Anish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division; Cell expansion; Fruit development; Fruit size; Organ growth

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84862620821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-98     Document Type: Article

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