Isolating and characterizing genes differentially expressed early in apple fruit development

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 752-757

  Dong, Yi Hu ^a,b   Janssen, Bart J ^a,c   Bieleski, Lara R F ^a   Atkinson, Ross G ^a   Morris, Bret A M ^a   Gardner, Richard C ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential screening; Elongation factor; Gene expression; Proline rich protein; Translation initiation factor

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 0030722578     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.122.6.752     Document Type: Article

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