Variation in its C-terminal amino acids determines whether endo-β-mannanase is active or inactive in ripening tomato fruits of different cultivars

Plant Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1254-1262

  Bourgault, Richard ^a   Bewley, J Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUITS; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

GENETIC SEGREGATIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0036852950     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.011890     Document Type: Article

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