Identification of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase genes controlling the ethylene level of ripening fruit in Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai)

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-49

  Itai, A ^a   Kawata, T ^a   Tanabe, K ^a   Tamura, F ^a   Uchiyama, M ^a   Tomomitsu, M ^a   Shiraiwa, N ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acc synthase; Ethylene level; Pyrus pyrifolia; RFLP marker; Storage potential

Indexed keywords

DNA; ETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; FOOD STORAGE; FRUIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHELF LIFE;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PROBES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033020923     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050939     Document Type: Article

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