Molecular characterization of a tomato endo-β-1,4-glucanase gene expressed in mature pistils, abscission zones and fruit

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 905-908

  Kalaitzis, Panagiotis ^a,b   Hong, Seung Beom ^a   Solomos, Theophanes ^c   Tucker, Mark L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Cellulase; EGase; Fruit ripening; Pistil; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE SEQUENCING; PLANT GENETICS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0033180480     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029621     Document Type: Article

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