Polygalacturonase gene expression in ripe melon fruit supports a role for polygalacturonase in ripening-associated pectin disassembly

Plant Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 363-373

  Hadfield, Kristen A ^a   Rose, Jocelyn K C ^a   Yaver, Debbie S ^b   Berka, Randy M ^b   Bennett, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PECTIN; POLYGALACTURONASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PECTINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032088736     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.2.363     Document Type: Article

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