A cell wall-oriented genomic approach reveals a new and unexpected complexity of the softening in peaches

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 389, 2003, Pages 1821-1832

  Trainotti, Livio ^a   Zanin, Dario ^a   Casadoro, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell wall metabolism; EST; Fruit softening; Peach; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; FRUITS; GENES; HORMONES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GENE EXPRESSIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CELLULOSE; ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; PRUNUS;

CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; ENZYMES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOMICS; PRUNUS;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0041704582     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg198     Document Type: Article

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