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Down-regulation of TM29, a tomato SEPALLATA homolog, causes parthenocarpic fruit development and floral reversion.
Plant physiology - 1 Oct 2002
Ampomah-Dwamena Charles, Morris Bret A, Sutherland Paul, Veit Bruce, Yao Jia-Long
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We have characterized the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) MADS box gene TM29 that shared a high amino acid sequence homology to the Arabidopsis SEP1, 2, and 3 (SEPALLATA1, 2, and 3) genes. TM29 showed similar expression profiles to SEP1, with accumulation of mRNA in the primordia of all fo...
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