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DNA-binding specificity, transcriptional activation potential, and the rin mutation effect for the tomato fruit-ripening regulator RIN.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jul 2008
Ito Yasuhiro, Kitagawa Mamiko, Ihashi Nao, Yabe Kimiko, Kimbara Junji, Yasuda Junichi, Ito Hirotaka, Inakuma Takahiro, Hiroi Seiji, Kasumi Takafumi
Abstract excerpt
The RIN gene encodes a putative MADS box transcription factor that controls tomato fruit ripening, and its ripening inhibitor (rin) mutation yields non-ripening fruit. In this study, the molecular properties of RIN and the rin mutant protein were clarified. The results revealed that the RIN protein accumulates in ripening fruit specifically and is localized in the nucleus of the cell. In vitro studies revealed...
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