Scientists Identify Thousands of Plant Genes Activated by Ethylene Gas (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Scientists Identify Thousands of Plant Genes Activated by Ethylene Gas

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The gaseous hormone ethylene, also known as the fruit ripening hormone, "talks to" many of the other plant growth controlling pathways using a protein called EIN3. The image displays gene networks for each of the major plant hormone biosynthesis, signaling and response pathways and which genes the EIN3 protein "touches" (potentially regulates).

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Image: Courtesy of Katherine Chang, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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