Transcriptome analysis of an apple (Malus × domestica) yellow fruit somatic mutation identifies a gene network module highly associated with anthocyanin and epigenetic regulation

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 7359-7376

  El Sharkawy, Islam ^a   Liang, Dong ^a,b   Xu, Kenong ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

anthocyanin; Apple; MdGST; MdMYB10; methylation; RNA seq; somatic mutation

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; GENETIC MARKER;

CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MALUS; METABOLISM; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION;

ANTHOCYANINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; MALUS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84963959883     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv433     Document Type: Article

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