Up-regulation of two cDNA clones encoding metallothionein-like proteins in apple fruit during cool storage

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 183-189

  Reid, Suzanne J ^a   Ross, Gavin S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Apple; cold induced genes; fruit; Malus domestica; metallothionein; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030924358     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000122.x     Document Type: Article

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