Apple SEPALLATA1/2-like genes control fruit flesh development and ripening

Plant Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1044-1056

  Ireland, Hilary S ^a,b   Yao, Jia Long ^a   Tomes, Sumathi ^a   Sutherland, Paul W ^a   Nieuwenhuizen, Niels ^a   Gunaseelan, Kularajathevan ^a   Winz, Robert A ^a   David, Karine M ^b   Schaffer, Robert J ^a,b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flesh development; Fruit; MADS box; Malus; Ripening; SEPALLATA

Indexed keywords

FLESH DEVELOPMENT; MADS-BOX; MALUS; RIPENING; SEPALLATA;

ETHYLENE; GENES; TISSUE;

FRUITS;

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LYASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALUS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELL WALL; DNA, ANTISENSE; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYASES; MALUS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84874929380     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12094     Document Type: Article

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