Cloning, molecular characterization and expression pattern of a strawberry ripening-specific cDNA with sequence homology to pectate lyase from higher plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 867-877

  Medina Escobar, N ^a   Cardenas J ^a   Moyano, E ^a   Caballero, J L ^a   Munoz Blanco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell wall hydrolases; Pectate lyase; Ripening genes; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; PECTATE LYASE; PLANT RNA; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT SHOOTS; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031214129     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005847326319     Document Type: Article

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