Antisense suppression of tomato endo-1,4-β-glucanase Cel2 mRNA accumulation increases the force required to break fruit abscission zones but does not affect fruit softening

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 615-622

  Brummell, David A ^a,c   Hall, Bradford D ^b,c   Bennett, Alan B ^c  

^a DNA Plant Technology Corporation   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Cell wall; Cellulase; endo 1,4 glucanase; Fruit softening; Lycopersicon esculentum

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION ZONE; ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY; ENDO 1,4 BETA GLUCANASE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FRUITING; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT GENETICS;

CELLULASE; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0033167222     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006269031452     Document Type: Article

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