ArticleThe Plant cell2014
Tomato GOLDEN2-LIKE transcription factors reveal molecular gradients that function during fruit development and ripening.
Article in The Plant cell, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
113 citing papers in PubMed, 243 citations in OpenAlex.
- Reactivation of a loss-of-function SlGLK2 allele by frame-restoring genome editing in tomato.Plant cell reports · 2026Article
- Metabolism and regulation of chlorophyll and carotenoids in tomato fruits.Horticulture research · 2026Article
- FaRIF as a key regulator of strawberry fruit ripening: deciphering its targets and interaction networks.Horticulture research · 2026Article
- Regulation of chloroplast biogenesis and differentiation.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Review
- The combined effects of Golden2-like 2 and Pseudo-Response Regulator 2 control the fruit pigmentation in pepper.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2026Article
- Article
- Proteome and Phosphoproteome of Tomato Fruit Identify REDUCED CHLOROPLAST COVERAGE 1a as A Ripening Regulator.Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics · 2025Article
- Transcriptional control of tomato fruit development and ripening.Journal of experimental botany · 2025Review
- Family alliances feeding the carotenoid pathway in tomato.Journal of experimental botany · 2025Review
- Analysis of mechanisms underlying accelerated plant growth induced by NtGLK85 overexpression in tobacco.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- SunflowerBiology · 2025Article
- Characterization of a tomato chlh mis-sense mutant reveals a new function of ChlH in fruit ripening.Plant biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- The BES1/BZR1 transcriptional factor SlBES2 regulates photosynthetic apparatus in tomato fruit.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- A telomere-to-telomere gapless genome reveals SlPRR1 control of circadian rhythm and photoperiodic flowering in tomato.GigaScience · 2025Article
- Genome-wide identification of the GLK transcription factor family in melon and its expression analysis under biotic and abiotic stresses.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- AcGLK1 promotes chloroplast division through regulating AcFtsZ1 in Actinidia chinensis.Planta · 2024Article
- Irregular green netting of eggplant fruit peel: a domestication trait controlled by SmGLK2 with potential for fruit colour diversification.Journal of experimental botany · 2024Article
- Identification of lineage-specific cis-trans regulatory networks related to kiwifruit ripening initiation.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2024Article
- Mapping and transcriptomic profiling reveal that the KNAT6 gene is involved in the dark green peel colour of mature pumpkin fruit (Cucurbita maxima L.).TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2024Article
- Rhizosphere microbiomes derived from vermicompost alter gene expression and regulatory pathways in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum, L.).Scientific reports · 2024Article
53 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Fruit ripening is the summation of changes rendering fleshy fruit tissues attractive and palatable to seed dispersing organisms. For example, sugar content is influenced by plastid numbers and photosynthetic activity in unripe fruit and later by starch and sugar catabolism during ripening. Tomato fruit are sinks of photosynthate, yet unripe green fruit contribute significantly to the sugars that ultimately accumulate in the ripe fruit. Plastid numbers and chlorophyll content are influenced by numerous environmental and genetic factors and are positively correlated with photosynthesis and photosynthate accumulation. GOLDEN2-LIKE (GLK) transcription factors regulate plastid and chlorophyll levels. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), like most plants, contains two GLKs (i.e., GLK1 and GLK2/UNIFORM). Mutant and transgene analysis demonstrated that these genes encode functionally similar peptides, though differential expression renders GLK1 more important in leaves, while GLK2 is predominant in fruit. A latitudinal gradient of GLK2 expression influences the typical uneven coloration of green and ripe wild-type fruit. Transcriptome profiling revealed a broader fruit gene expression gradient throughout development. The gradient influenced general ripening activities beyond plastid development and was consistent with the easily observed yet poorly studied ripening gradient present in tomato and many fleshy fruits.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.