KNOX genes influence a gradient of fruit chloroplast development through regulation of GOLDEN2-LIKE expression in tomato

Plant Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1022-1033

  Nadakuduti, Satya Swathi ^a   Holdsworth, William L ^a,b   Klein, Chelsey L ^a   Barry, Cornelius S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

chloroplast development; fruit development; gene expression gradients; GOLDEN 2 LIKE transcription factors; KNOX transcription factors; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOLD; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; CHLOROPLAST DEVELOPMENT; CLASS-I KNOX GENES; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; POSITIONAL CLONING; PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM;

FRUITS;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLAST; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOMATO; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84902352166     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12529     Document Type: Article

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