The bHLH transcription factor SlPRE2 regulates tomato fruit development and modulates plant response to gibberellin

Zhiguo Zhu,Honglian Liang,Guoping Chen,Fenfen Li,Yunshu Wang,Changguang Liao,Zongli Hu

The bHLH transcription factor SlPRE2 regulates tomato fruit development and modulates plant response to gibberellin

2019

Zhiguo Zhu
Honglian Liang
Guoping Chen
Fenfen Li
Yunshu Wang
Changguang Liao
Zongli Hu

Key message SlPRE2 is gibberellin inducible and mediates plant response to gibberellin. Silencing of SlPRE2 decreases tomato fruit size, pericarp thickness, placenta size and seed size by regulating cell expansion.

Keywords:

Genetics
Transcription factor
Gibberellin
Biology
Gibberellic acid
Germination
Transcription Factor Gene
Botany
Gene silencing
Cell biology
Downregulation and upregulation
Paclobutrazol

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