Endoxylanase expressed during papaya fruit ripening: Purification, cloning and characterization

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 433-441

  Chen, Nancy Jung ^a   Paull, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall degradation; Endoxylanase; Expression; Fruit softening; Papaya

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; CLONING; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES;

FRUIT RIPENING;

FRUITS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT;

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; CLONES; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; FRUITS; RIPENING;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARICA; CARICA PAPAYA; EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0037726806     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP02208     Document Type: Article

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