Fruit ripening in sour cherry: Changes in expression of genes encoding expansins and other cell-wall-modifying enzymes

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-22

  Yoo, Sang Dong ^a,b   Gao, Zhifang ^a   Cantini, Claudio ^a,c   Loescher, Wayne H ^a   Van Nocker, Steven ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Expansin; Fruit ripening; Fruit softening; PEL; PME; Prunus cerasus; XET

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PRUNUS; PRUNUS CERASUS;

EID: 0037215845     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.128.1.0016     Document Type: Article

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