Transcriptome Analysis of Tomato Flower Pedicel Tissues Reveals Abscission Zone-Specific Modulation of Key Meristem Activity Genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Xiang ^a,b   Liu, Danmei ^b   Li, Aili ^b   Sun, Xiuli ^b,c   Zhang, Rongzhi ^b   Wu, Liang ^b   Liang, Yanchun ^c   Mao, Long ^b  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; HYDROLASE; PHYTOHORMONE;

ABSCISSION; ABSCISSION ZONE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BELL LIKE HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN 1 GENE; BLIND GENE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KNAT6 GENE; LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES DOMAIN PROTEIN 1 GENE; LATERAL SUPPRESSOR GENE; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVATE FAMILY PROTEIN GENE; PEDICEL; PLANT GENE; PLANT TISSUE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHOOT; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; WUSCHEL GENE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ETHYLENES; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYDROLASES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MERISTEM; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84873487296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055238     Document Type: Article

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