Figure 6.

Distribution of transcript levels of SlGA2ox1, -2, -3, -4, and -5 in different organs of tomato. Semiquantitative transcript analysis was carried out by RT-PCR, as described in “Materials and Methods,” using total RNA from roots (R), young leaves before flowering (YLp), young and old leaves from flowering plants (YL, OL), young and old internodes (YI, OI), flowers (Fl), ovary at anthesis (O), stamens (St), sepals (Se), petals (Pe), and 20-d-old fruit (Fr). For each gene, figures below the blots mean normalized values of gene expression versus that of Actin (used as an internal control; flower expression set at 1.0 for all the genes, except for SlGA2ox5, where expression of YI was used as reference). Data come from a representative experiment out of two biological replicates with similar results.