Gene editing reveals that the tomato ripening-inhibitor (rin) mutation encodes an active repressor of ripening, refines our understanding of RIN function and highlights strategies for engineering shelf life control.
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Giovannoni, J. Ripening activator turned repressor. Nature Plants 3, 920–921 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-017-0062-0
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