Glyoxylate cycle enzyme activities are induced in senescent pumpkin fruits

Plant Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 23-29

  Pistelli, Laura ^a   Nieri, Barbara ^a   Smith, Steven M ^b   Alpi, Amedeo ^a   De Bellis, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fruits; Glyoxylate cycle; Peroxisomes; Pumpkin; Senescence

Indexed keywords

GLYOXYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FRUIT; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; SENESCENCE;

CUCURBITA PEPO; PEPO;

EID: 0030596845     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9452(96)04455-X     Document Type: Article

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