AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 2 Intersects Hormonal Signals in the Regulation of Tomato Fruit Ripening

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Breitel, Dario A ^a,f   Chappell Maor, Louise ^a   Meir, Sagit ^a   Panizel, Irina ^a   Puig, Clara Pons ^b   Hao, Yanwei ^c,d   Yifhar, Tamar ^a   Yasuor, Hagai ^e   Zouine, Mohamed ^c,d   Bouzayen, Mondher ^c,d   Granell Richart, Antonio ^b   Rogachev, Ilana ^a   Aharoni, Asaph ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^e VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^f JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ABSCISIC ACID STRESS RIPENING 1 PROTEIN; AUXIN; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 2A; CYTOKININ; ETHYLENE; GIBBERELLIC ACID; HOMODIMER; PHYTOHORMONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ARF2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ASR1 PROTEIN, LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLANT PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT RIPENING; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOCARPY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84962365051     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005903     Document Type: Article

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