Silencing SlELP2L, a tomato Elongator complex protein 2-like gene, inhibits leaf growth, accelerates leaf, sepal senescence, and produces dark-green fruit

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhu, Mingku ^a   Li, Yali ^a   Chen, Guoping ^a   Ren, Lijun ^a   Xie, Qiaoli ^a   Zhao, Zhiping ^a   Hu, Zongli ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN;

ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOMATO;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

EID: 84934882416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07693     Document Type: Article

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