Apple SVP Family MADS-Box Proteins and the Tomato Pedicel Abscission Zone Regulator JOINTLESS have Similar Molecular Activities

Pedicel Abscission Zone Regulator JOINTLESS have Similar Molecular Activities Toshitsugu Nakano, Hiroki Kato, Yoko Shima and Yasuhiro Ito* National Food Research Institute, NARO, Ibaraki, 305-8642 Japan Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, 278-8510 Japan Present address: Institute of Crops Research and Development, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam. *Corresponding author: E-mail, yasuito@affrc.go.jp; Fax, +81-29-838-7998. (Received November 18, 2014; Accepted February 22, 2015)