Tomato fruit carotenoid biosynthesis is adjusted to actual ripening progression by a light-dependent mechanism

Plant Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 107-119

  Llorente, Briardo ^a   D'Andrea, Lucio ^a   Ruiz Sola, M Aguila ^a,c   Botterweg, Esther ^a,d   Pulido, Pablo ^a,d   Andilla, Jordi ^b   Loza Alvarez, Pablo ^b   Rodriguez Concepcion, Manuel ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

carotenoid; fruit; phytochrome interacting factor; ripening; shade; tomato

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION;

CAROTENOID; PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORS; RIPENING; SHADE; TOMATO;

FRUITS;

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT PROTEIN; TERPENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ENVIRONMENT; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENT; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERPENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84961291443     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13094     Document Type: Article

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