Banana ethylene response factors are involved in fruit ripening through their interactions with ethylene biosynthesis genes

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2499-2510

  Xiao, Yun Yi ^a   Chen, Jian Ye ^a   Kuang, Jiang Fei ^a   Shan, Wei ^a   Xie, Hui ^a   Jiang, Yue Ming ^b   Lu, Wang Jin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Banana; ERF; ethylene biosynthesis; fruit ripening; interaction; transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BANANA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ERF; ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUIT; FRUIT RIPENING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION.; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BANANA; ERF; ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUIT RIPENING; INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION.;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84878001347     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert108     Document Type: Article

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