Isolation, characterization and significance of papaya β-galactanases to cell wall modification and fruit softening during ripening

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-115

  Ali, Zainon Mohd ^b   Ng, Shu Yih ^b   Othman, Roohaida ^b   Goh, Lee Yin ^b   Lazan, Hamid ^a  

^a Dept of Botany ^*

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

galactosidase galactanase; Carica papaya; Celt wall; Hemicellulose; Pectin; Ripening; Softening

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,4 GALACTANASE; BETA GALACTANASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE I; BETA GALACTOSIDASE II; BETA GALACTOSIDASE III; CELL WALL; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; FRACTIONATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMICELLULOSE; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; PECTIN; RIPENING; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 0031788215     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1040114.x     Document Type: Article

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