Fruit specific variability in capsaicinoid accumulation and transcription of structural and regulatory genes in Capsicum fruit

Plant Science

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-68

  Keyhaninejad, Neda ^a   Curry, Jeanne ^a   Romero, Joslynn ^a   O'Connell, Mary A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicinoids; Capsicum; Fruit pungency; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM CHINENSE;

AMINO ACID; CAPSAICIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ETHYLENE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ETHYLENE-RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAPSAICINOIDS; FRUIT; FRUIT PUNGENCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PEPPER; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE;

CAPSAICINOIDS; CAPSICUM; FRUIT PUNGENCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84888226156     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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