An endo-1,4-β-glucanase expressed at high levels in rapidly expanding tissues

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-95

  Brummell, David A ^a   Bird, Colin R ^b   Schuch, Wolfgang ^b   Bennett, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

auxin; cell expansion; cellulase; endo 1,4 glucanase; ethylene; gene expression

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR CLONING; TOMATO; VEGETABLE;

CELLULASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VEGETABLES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031040848     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005733213856     Document Type: Article

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