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Photomorphogenic mutants of tomato

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Photomorphogenesis of tomato is being studied with the aid of mutants which are either modified in their photoreceptor composition or in their signal transduction chain(s). Several mutants affecting the phytochrome family of photoreceptors, some of which appear deficient for specific genes encoding phytochrome apoproteins have been isolated. In addition, other mutants, including transgenic lines overexpressing phytochrome A, exhibit exaggerated photomorphogenesis during de-etiolation. Anthocyanin biosynthesis and plastid development are being used as model systems for the dissection of the complex interactions among photomorphogenic photoreceptors and to elucidate the nature of their transduction chains.

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  1. Department of Plant Physiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Aboretumlaan 4, 6703 BD, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    R. E. Kendrick, L. H. J. Kerckhoffs & A. S. Pundsnes

  2. Department of Genetics, Wageningen Agricultural University, Aboretumlaan 4, 6703 BD, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    A. Van Tuinen & M. Koorneef

  3. Laboratory for Photoperception and Signal Transduction, Frontier Research Program, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Hirosawa 2-1, 351-01, Wako City, Saitama, Japan

    R. E. Kendrick, L. H. J. Kerckhoffs, A. S. Pundsnes, A. Van Tuinen, A. Nagatani, M. J. Terry & A. Tretyn

  4. Isotope and Instrumentation Laboratory, Department of Plant Physiology and Morphogenesis, Institute of Biology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gargarina 9, PL-87-100, Toruñ, Poland

    A. Tretyn

  5. Botany Department, University of Georgia, 30602, Athens, Georgia, USA

    L. H. J. Kerckhoffs, M. -M. Cordonnier-Pratt, B. Hauser & L. H. Pratt

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Kendrick, R.E., Kerckhoffs, L.H.J., Pundsnes, A.S. et al. Photomorphogenic mutants of tomato. Euphytica 79, 227–234 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00022523

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