Isolation and characterization of a gene encoding endo-β-1,4-glucanase from pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-59

  Harpster, Mark H ^a   Lee, Kathleen Y ^a   Dunsmuir, Pamela ^a  

^a DNA Plant Technology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; cellulase; endo 1,4 glucanase; ethylene; fruit ripening

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPPER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAPSICUM; CELLULASE; DNA PRIMERS; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0031047511     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005795028489     Document Type: Article

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