Cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase (PPACS3) from ripening fruit of Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai)

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-106

  Itai, Akihiro ^a   Tanabe, Kenji ^a   Tamura, Fumio ^a   Tomomitsu, Masao ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACC synthase; Fruit ripening; Japanese pear; Wound induced expression

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; PYRUS COMMUNIS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA;

EID: 0037364743     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.72.99     Document Type: Article

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