Identification of a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase inactivating factor in harvested head lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 327-331

  Ritenour, Mark A ^a   Saltveit, Mikal E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycin D; cycloheximide; Lactuca sativa; lettuce; PAL; PAL inactivating system; postharvest disorders; secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS;

EID: 0030455840     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1996.970216.x     Document Type: Article

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