Endo-β-mannanase activity increases in the skin and outer pericarp of tomato fruits during ripening

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 344, 2000, Pages 529-538

  Bewley, J Derek ^a   Banik, Mitali ^a   Bourgault, Richard ^a   Feurtado, J Allan ^a   Toorop, Peter ^b   Hilhorst, Henk W M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endo mannanase; Lycopersicon esculentum; Ripening; Softening; Tomato

Indexed keywords

BETA MANNOSIDASE; MANNOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; TOMATO; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BETA-MANNOSIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANNOSIDASES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0034107957     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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