Genome-wide identification and characterization of the gene family in tomato

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sun, Hua ^a   Fan, Hua Jie ^a   Ling, Hong Qing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

bHLH gene family; Fruit development; Solanum lycopersicum; Tomato; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA; PLANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BHLH GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT RIPENING; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SLBHLH GENE; TOMATO; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; GENOME, PLANT; INTRONS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84924051170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-014-1209-2     Document Type: Article

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