Transcriptional control of fleshy fruit development and ripening

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4527-4541

  Karlova, Rumyana ^a,b   Chapman, Natalie ^c   David, Karine ^d   Angenent, Gerco C ^b   Seymour, Graham B ^c   De Maagd, Ruud A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ethylene; fruit development; ripening; tomato; transcription factors; transcriptional regulation.

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PIGMENTATION; TOMATO;

FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PIGMENTATION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84905460038     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru316     Document Type: Review

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