SmARF8, a transcription factor involved in parthenocarpy in eggplant

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 93-105

  Du, Liming ^a   Bao, Chonglai ^a   Hu, Tianhua ^a   Zhu, Qinmei ^a   Hu, Haijiao ^a   He, Qunyan ^a   Mao, Weihai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fruit development; Gene function; Overexpression; RNAi; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AUXIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SMARF8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; BUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; FLOWER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOCARPY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD TYPE; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PLANT SEED;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SOLANUM MELONGENA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84961320179     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-015-1088-5     Document Type: Article

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