Characterization and functional expression of a ubiquitously expressed tomato pectin methylesterase

Plant Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1547-1556

  Gaffe, Joel ^a   Tiznado, Martin E ^a   Handa, Avtar K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PECTIN; PECTINESTERASE; TOBACCO; TOMATO;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0031200827     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.4.1547     Document Type: Article

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