Comprehensive profiling of ethylene response factor expression identifies ripening-associated ERF genes and their link to key regulators of fruit ripening in tomato

Plant Physiology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1732-1744

  Liu, Mingchun ^a,b,c   Gomes, Bruna Lima ^b,c,d   Mila, Isabelle ^b,c   Purgatto, Eduardo ^d   Peres, Lázaro E P ^d   Frasse, Pierre ^b,c   Maza, Elie ^b,c   Zouine, Mohamed ^b,c   Roustan, Jean Paul ^b,c   Bouzayen, Mondher ^b,c   Pirrello, Julien ^b,c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PROCEDURES; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMATO;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REGULATOR; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTATION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84959300906     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01859     Document Type: Article

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