Ethylene control of fruit ripening: Revisiting the complex network of transcriptional regulation

Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2380-2390

  Liu, Mingchun ^a,b   Pirrello, Julien ^b   Chervin, Christian ^b   Roustan, Jean Paul ^b   Bouzayen, Mondher ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE;

FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOMATO;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84949561318     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01361     Document Type: Review

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