Members of the tomato FRUITFULL MADS-box family regulate style abscission and fruit ripening

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3005-3014

  Wang, Shufen ^a   Lu, Gang ^a   Hou, Zheng ^a   Luo, Zhidan ^a   Wang, Taotao ^a   Li, Hanxia ^a   Zhang, Junhong ^a   Ye, Zhibiao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Development; Fruit shape; FRUITFULL; MADS box; Ripening; Tomato

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84904367449     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru137     Document Type: Article

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