Cloning and characterisation of the cDNA clones of five genes that are differentially expressed during ripening in the fruit of blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.)

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 381-393

  Woodhead, M ^a   Taylor, M A ^a   Brennan, R ^a   McNicol, R J ^a   Davies, H V ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum); Cysteine proteinase; Differential expression; Fruit ripening; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

ABACA; BREATHING RATE; CDNA LIBRARY; CLONING; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA ISOLATION; ETHYLENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; GROWTH REGULATION; METALLOTHIONEIN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GENOME; PLANT GROWTH; RIPENING; RNA SPLICING; RUBUS IDAEUS; RUBUS LOGANOBACCUS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; BETULACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; MUSA TEXTILIS; RIBES HUDSONIANUM; RIBES NIGRUM; RUBUS GLAUCUS; RUBUS IDAEUS; RUBUS LOGANOBACCUS;

EID: 0031789065     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(98)80165-X     Document Type: Article

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