A gene coding for tomato fruit β-galactosidase II is expressed during fruit ripening: Cloning, characterization, and expression pattern

Plant Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 417-423

  Smith, David L ^a   Starrett, David A ^a,b   Gross, Kenneth C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032088872     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.2.417     Document Type: Article

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