Down-regulation of a single auxin efflux transport protein in tomato induces precocious fruit development

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4901-4917

  Mounet, Fabien ^a,b,k   Moing, Annick ^a,b,c   Kowalczyk, Mariusz ^d,l   Rohrmann, Johannes ^e   Petit, Johann ^a,b   Garcia, Virginie ^a,b   Maucourt, Mickaël ^a,b,c   Yano, Kentaro ^f   Deborde, Catherine ^a,b,c   Aoki, Koh ^g,m   Bergès, Hélène ^h   Granell, Antonio ⁱ   Fernie, Alisdair R ^e   Bellini, Catherine ^d,j   Rothan, Christophe ^a,b   Lemaire Chamley, Martine ^a,b  

^a Univ Bordeaux   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Bordeaux Functional Genomic Center   (France)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^f MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^h CEMAGREF   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^j INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^k Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^l STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^m Osaka City University   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Auxin efflux transport protein (PIN); CRABS CLAW; fruit set; MADS BOX; parthenocarpy; tomato (Solanum lycopersicum); transcription factor

Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84865486286     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers167     Document Type: Article

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