Overexpression of SlPRE2, an atypical bHLH transcription factor, affects plant morphology and fruit pigment accumulation in tomato

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Zhu, Zhiguo ^a   Chen, Guoping ^a   Guo, Xuhu ^a   Yin, Wencheng ^a   Yu, Xiaohui ^a   Hu, Jingtao ^a   Hu, Zongli ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PIGMENT;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MORPHOGENESIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 85025430920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04092-y     Document Type: Article

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