Carbohydrate stress affecting fruitlet abscission and expression of genes related to auxin signal transduction pathway in litchi

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 16084-16103

  Kuang, Jian Fei ^a   Wu, Jian Yang ^a,b   Zhong, Hai Ying ^a   Li, Cai Qin ^a   Chen, Jian Ye ^a   Lu, Wang Jin ^a   Li, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LINGNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Auxin response factor; Auxin responsive genes; Carbohydrate stress; Clone; Fruitlet abscission; Gene expression; Litchi chinensis Sonn.

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 1; CARBOHYDRATE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ABSCISSION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARF1 GENE; ARF2 GENE; ARTICLE; AUX GENE; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFOLIATION; FRUIT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GH3 GENE; IAA GENE; LYCHEE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT GENE; PLANT STRESS; SAUR GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LITCHI; PLANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84871710206     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131216084     Document Type: Article

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