Epistasis in tomato color mutations involves regulation of phytoene synthase 1 expression by cis-carotenoids

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 46, 2012, Pages 19021-19026

  Kachanovsky, David E ^a   Filler, Shdema ^a   Isaacson, Tal ^a,b   Hirschberg, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fruit development; Tomato breeding

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; EPISTASIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TANGERINE; TOMATO;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CAROTENOIDS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS;

CITRUS RETICULATA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TETRA;

EID: 84869232168     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214808109     Document Type: Article

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