Sonia Osorio, Rob Alba, Cynthia M B Damasceno, Gloria Lopez-Casado, Marc Lohse, Maria Inés Zanor, Takayuki Tohge, Björn Usadel, Jocelyn K C Rose, Zhangjun Fei, James J Giovannoni, Alisdair R Fernie
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is an established model to study fleshy fruit development and ripening. Tomato ripening is regulated independently and cooperatively by ethylene and transcription factors, including nonripening (NOR) and ripening-inhibitor (RIN). Mutations of NOR, RIN, and the ethylene receptor Never-ripe (Nr), which block ethylene perception and inhibit ripening, have proven to be great tools for advancing our understanding of the developmental programs regulating ripening. In this study, we present systems analysis of nor, rin, and Nr at the transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic levels during development and ripening...
September 2011: Plant Physiology