A novel α-amylase gene is transiently upregulated during low temperature exposure in apple fruit

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1313-1322

  Wegrzyn, Teresa ^a   Reilly, Katrina ^a,b   Cipriani, Guido ^c   Murphy, Peter ^a   Newcomb, Richard ^a   Gardner, Richard ^b   MacRae, Elspeth ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apple; Low temperature; Phylogenetic analysis; Protein model; amylase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APPLE; ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COLD; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FRUIT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; UP-REGULATION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034014178     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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