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A MADS-box gene necessary for fruit ripening at the tomato ripening-inhibitor (rin) locus.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11951045     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Tomato plants harboring the ripening-inhibitor (rin) mutation yield fruits that fail to ripen. Additionally, rin plants display enlarged sepals and loss of inflorescence determinacy. Positional cloning of the rin locus revealed two tandem MADS-box genes (LeMADS-RIN and LeMADS-MC), whose expression patterns suggested roles in fruit ripening and sepal development, respectively. The rin mutation alters expression of both genes. Gene repression and mutant complementation demonstrate that LeMADS-RIN regulates ripening, whereas LeMADS-MC affects sepal development and inflorescence determinacy. LeMADS-RIN demonstrates an agriculturally important function of plant MADS-box genes and provides molecular insight into nonhormonal (developmental) regulation of ripening.
Authors:
Julia Vrebalov; Diane Ruezinsky; Veeraragavan Padmanabhan; Ruth White; Diana Medrano; Rachel Drake; Wolfgang Schuch; Jim Giovannoni
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Science (New York, N.Y.)     Volume:  296     ISSN:  1095-9203     ISO Abbreviation:  Science     Publication Date:  2002 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-04-12     Completed Date:  2002-05-06     Revised Date:  2009-11-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0404511     Medline TA:  Science     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  343-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Plant, Soil and Nutrition Lab and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Bank Name/Acc. No.:
GENBANK/AF448521;  AF448522;  AF448523
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Chromosome Mapping
Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast
Cloning, Molecular
DNA, Antisense
DNA, Complementary
Ethylenes / biosynthesis,  pharmacology
Fruit / physiology
Gene Expression
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Genes, Plant*
Genetic Complementation Test
Lycopersicon esculentum / genetics*,  physiology*
MADS Domain Proteins / genetics*,  physiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Phylogeny
Plant Proteins / genetics*,  physiology
Plant Structures / genetics,  physiology
Plants, Genetically Modified
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/DNA, Antisense; 0/DNA, Complementary; 0/Ethylenes; 0/MADS Domain Proteins; 0/Plant Proteins; 74-85-1/ethylene
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Science. 2002 Apr 12;296(5566):275-6   [PMID:  11951024 ]

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