Endo-β-1,4-glucanases are involved in peach fruit growth and ripening, and regulated by ethylene

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 346-352

  Bonghi, Claudio ^a   Ferrarese, Luca ^a   Ruperti, Benedetto ^a   Tonutti, Pietro ^a   Ramina, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Ethylene; Fruit growth; Gene expression; Peach; Prunus persica; Ripening

Indexed keywords

1,4 BETA GLUCANASE; 2,5 NORBORNADIENE; ABSCISSION; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL WALL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHYLENE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; PEACH; PROPYLENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIPENING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0031746973     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1020302.x     Document Type: Article

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