FaGAST2, a strawberry ripening-related gene, acts together with fagast1 to determine cell size of the fruit receptacle

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 218-236

  Moyano Cañete, Enriqueta ^a   Bellido, María L ^a   García Caparrós, Nicolás ^a   Medina Puche, Laura ^a   Amil Ruiz, Francisco ^a   González Reyes, José A ^a   Caballero, José L ^a   Muñoz Blanco, Juan ^a   Blanco Portales, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fragaria ananassa; Fruit ripening; Fruit size; GAST like; Oxidative stress; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

ETHEPHON; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; COLLETOTRICHUM; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CELL; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELL SIZE; COLLETOTRICHUM; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CELLS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84874256552     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs167     Document Type: Article

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