Ectopic expression of ORANGE promotes carotenoid accumulation and fruit development in tomato

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 33-49

  Yazdani, Mohammad ^a   Sun, Zhaoxia ^a,b   Yuan, Hui ^a   Zeng, Shaohua ^a,c   Thannhauser, Theodore W ^a   Vrebalov, Julia ^d   Ma, Qiyue ^d   Xu, Yimin ^d   Fei, Zhangjun ^a,d   Van Eck, Joyce ^a,d   Tian, Shiping ^e   Tadmor, Yaakov ^f   Giovannoni, James J ^a,d   Li, Li ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^f VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

carotenoids; early flowering; fruit set; OR; plastids; tomato

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CAROTENOID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 40; ORANGE PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; ECTOPIC GENE EXPRESSION; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; HSP40 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 85047824646     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12945     Document Type: Article

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