A 'golden' SNP in CmOr governs the fruit flesh color of melon (Cucumis melo)

Plant Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 267-279

  Tzuri, Galil ^a   Zhou, Xiangjun ^b   Chayut, Noam ^a,c   Yuan, Hui ^b   Portnoy, Vitaly ^a   Meir, Ayala ^a   Sa'Ar, Uzi ^a   Baumkoler, Fabian ^a   Mazourek, Michael ^b   Lewinsohn, Efraim ^a   Fei, Zhangjun ^d   Schaffer, Arthur A ^a   Li, Li ^b   Burger, Joseph ^a   Katzir, Nurit ^a   Tadmor, Yaakov ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

allelic variation; carotenoids; Cucumis melo L.; Or gene

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ARGININE; COLOR; PIGMENTS; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

ALLELIC VARIATION; CAROTENOID ACCUMULATION; CAROTENOIDS; CUCUMIS MELO; GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATIONS;

CITRUS FRUITS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

CAROTENOID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

FRUIT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSKMELON; PIGMENTATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

CAROTENOIDS; CUCUMIS MELO; FRUIT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84926453742     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12814     Document Type: Article

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