# Molecular dissection of an intronic enhancer governing cold-induced expression of the vacuolar invertase gene in potato

*PRI Rank #8 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Potato Plant Research Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #8 |
| 18m citations | 23 |
| Journal | The Plant Cell |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1093/plcell/koae050 |
| Corresponding authors | Xiaobiao Zhu, Jiming Jiang |
| Institution | Anhui Agricultural University, China |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Potato Plant Research Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/potato-plant-research/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1093/plcell/koae050](https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae050)

## Topics

Potato · vacuolar invertase · VInv · cold-induced sweetening · Reducing sugar accumulation · VInvIn2En enhancer · intronic enhancer · 200 bp enhancer · second intron · DNA motifs · transcription factor binding · cold stress response · CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing · enhancer deletion lines · Diploid potato · Tetraploid potato · Solanum species · enhancer sequence conservation · Post-harvest storage · tuber-bearing Solanum

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