Combined correlation-based network and mQTL analyses efficiently identified loci for branched-chain amino acid, serine to threonine, and proline metabolism in tomato seeds

Plant Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 121-133

  Toubiana, David ^a   Batushansky, Albert ^a   Tzfadia, Oren ^b   Scossa, Federico ^c,d   Khan, Asif ^a   Barak, Simon ^a   Zamir, Daniel ^e   Fernie, Alisdair Robert ^c   Nikoloski, Zoran ^c   Fait, Aaron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

amino acid regulator genes; correlation based network analysis; metabolic profiling; network properties; sequence analysis; serine glycine metabolism; Solanum lycopersicum cv. M82; Solanum pennellii accession LA0716; tomato introgression line

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; BIOMOLECULES; CHAINS; FRUITS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION;

INTROGRESSION LINES; METABOLIC PROFILING; NETWORK PROPERTIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM; SOLANUM PENNELLII ACCESSION LA0716;

AMINO ACIDS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON PENNELLII;

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; PLANT DNA; PROLINE; PROLINE DEHYDROGENASE; SERINE; THREONINE;

CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TOMATO;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOMICS; PROLINE; PROLINE OXIDASE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE; THREONINE;

EID: 84920260078     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12717     Document Type: Article

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