Galactose loss and fruit ripening: High-molecular-weight arabinogalactans in the pectic polysaccharides of fruit cell walls

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 174-181

  Redgwell, Robert J ^a   Fischer, Monica ^a,b   Kendal, Emma ^a   MacRae, Elspeth A ^a  

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

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabinogalactan; Fruit (cell wall); Galactose; Pectic polysaccharide; Pectin solubilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030659452     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050179     Document Type: Article

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