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ERF4 affects fruit firmness through TPL4 by reducing ethylene production.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Aug 2020
Hu Yanan, Han Zhenyun, Sun Yaqiang, Wang Shuai, Wang Ting, Wang Yi, Xu Kenong, Zhang Xinzhong, Xu Xuefeng, Han Zhenhai, Wu Ting
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The firmness of fleshy fruit crops has a significant effect on their quality, consumer preference, shelf life and transportability. In a combined quantitative trait locus and genome-wide association studies study of apple fruit texture, we identified a mutation (C-G) in the ethylene response factor-associated amphiphilic repression (EAR) motif in the coding region of the apple ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR4 (ERF4)...
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