Carbohydrate metabolism during early fruit development of sweet melon (Cucumis melo)

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Gao, Zhifang ^a   Petreikov, Marina ^a   Zamski, Eli ^b   Schaffer, Arthur A ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMIC HYDROLYSIS; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RAFFINOSE; STACHYOSE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; SUCROSE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 0032968725     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.106101.x     Document Type: Article

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