Expression and internal feedback regulation of ACC synthase and ACC oxidase genes in ripening tomato fruit

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1103-1110

  Nakatsuka, Akira ^a   Shiomi, Shinjiro ^a   Kubo, Yasutaka ^a   Inaba, Akitsugu ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 Methylcyclopropene (MCP); ACC oxidase (EC 1.4.3); ACC synthase (EC 4.4.1.14); Ethylene biosynthesis; Fruit ripening; Lycopersicon esculentum

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031259180     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029094     Document Type: Article

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