Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase activity during fruit development and ripening of apple and kiwifruit

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-50

  Percy, Ann E ^a   O'Brien, Iona E W ^b   Jameson, Paula E ^c   Melton, Laurence D ^a   MacRae, Elspeth A ^b   Redgwell, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actinidia deliciosa; Apple fruit; Cell division; Cell expansion; Cell wall; Kiwifruit; Malus domestica; Ripening; Xyloglucan; Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; MALUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030038120     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb00181.x     Document Type: Article

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