Solanum lycopersicum AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 9 regulates cell division activity during early tomato fruit development

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3405-3416

  De Jong, Maaike ^a,d   Wolters Arts, Mieke ^a   Schimmel, Bernardus C J ^a,e   Stultiens, Catharina L M ^a   De Groot, Peter F M ^a   Powers, Stephen J ^b   Tikunov, Yury M ^c   Bovy, Arnoud G ^c   Mariani, Celestina ^a   Vriezen, Wim H ^a,f   Rieu, Ivo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auxin; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 9 (ARF9); Cell division; Fruit development; Fruit size; Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN;

CELL DIVISION; DNA MICROARRAY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OVULE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; REPORTER GENE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELL DIVISION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVULE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84940704166     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv152     Document Type: Article

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