Regulation of glutamate-1-semialdehyde aminotransferase expression during tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) fruit development

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-47

  Polking, Gary F ^a   Hannapel, David J ^a   Gladon, Richard J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit ripening; Gene expression; Glutamate 1 semialdehyde aminomutase; GSAM; GSAT; Lycopersicon esculentum (Mill. 'Rutgers')

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ENZYME PRECURSOR; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GLUTAMATE 1 SEMIALDEHYDE AMINOTRANSFERASE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RIPENING; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0032799825     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(99)80138-2     Document Type: Article

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