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Uniform ripening encodes a Golden 2-like transcription factor regulating tomato fruit chloroplast development.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 29 Jun 2012
Powell Ann L T, Nguyen Cuong V, Hill Theresa, Cheng Kalai Lam, Figueroa-Balderas Rosa, Aktas Hakan, Ashrafi Hamid, Pons Clara, Fernández-Muñoz Rafael, Vicente Ariel, Lopez-Baltazar Javier, Barry Cornelius S, Liu Yongsheng, Chetelat Roger, Granell Antonio, Van Deynze Allen, Giovannoni James J, Bennett Alan B
Abstract excerpt
Modern tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) varieties are bred for uniform ripening (u) light green fruit phenotypes to facilitate harvests of evenly ripened fruit. U encodes a Golden 2-like (GLK) transcription factor, SlGLK2, which determines chlorophyll accumulation and distribution in developing fruit. In tomato, two GLKs--SlGLK1 and SlGLK2--are expressed in leaves, but only SlGLK2 is expressed in fruit. Expressing...
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