Virus-induced gene complementation reveals a transcription factor network in modulation of tomato fruit ripening

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhou, Tao ^b,c   Zhang, Hang ^b,d   Lai, Tongfei ^a   Qin, Cheng ^a   Shi, Nongnong ^a   Wang, Huizhong ^a   Jin, Mingfei ^b,e   Zhong, Silin ^f   Fan, Zaifeng ^c   Liu, Yule ^g   Wu, Zirong ^e   Jackson, Stephen ^b   Giovannoni, James J ^f   Rolin, Dominique ^h   Gallusci, Philippe ^h   Hong, Yiguo ^a,b  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chengdu Rongsheng Pharmaceuticals   (China)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^g TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FRUIT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POTEXVIRUS; TOMATO;

FRUIT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC VECTORS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METHIONINE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POTEXVIRUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84869179316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00836     Document Type: Article

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