Upregulation of two ripening-related genes from a non-climacteric plant (pepper) in a transgenic climacteric plant (tomato)

Plant Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 351-361

  Kuntz, M ^a,d   Chen, H C ^b   Simkin, A J ^c   Romer S ^a   Shipton, C A ^c   Drake, R ^c   Schuch, W ^c   Bramley, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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EID: 0031931169     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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