The chimeric repressor version of an Ethylene Response Factor (ERF) family member, Sl-ERF.B3, shows contrasting effects on tomato fruit ripening

New Phytologist

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 206-218

  Liu, Mingchun ^a,b   Diretto, Gianfranco ^c   Pirrello, Julien ^a,b   Roustan, Jean Paul ^a,b   Li, Zhengguo ^d   Giuliano, Giovanni ^c   Regad, Farid ^a,b   Bouzayen, Mondher ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dominant repressor; Ethylene; Ethylene Response Factor (ERF); Fruit ripening; Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ETHYLENE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MATURATION; PLEIOTROPY; RIPENING;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; LYCOPENE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84901633834     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12771     Document Type: Article

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