A cherry protein and its gene, abundantly expressed in ripening fruit, have been identified as thaumatin-like

Plant Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 269-273

  Fils Lycaon, Bernard R ^a   Wiersma, Paul A ^b   Eastwell, Kenneth C ^b   Sautiere, Pierre ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PCHER29 6 PROTEIN, PRUNUS AVIUM; PCHER29-6 PROTEIN, PRUNUS AVIUM; SWEETENING AGENT; THAUMATIN PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 0030138770     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.1.269     Document Type: Article

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