Citrus fruit flavor and aroma biosynthesis: Isolation, functional characterization, and developmental regulation of Cstps1, a key gene in the production of the sesquiterpene aroma compound valencene

Plant Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 664-674

  Sharon Asa, Liat ^a   Shalit, Moshe ^a   Frydman, Ahuva ^a   Bar, Einat ^a   Holland, Doron ^a   Or, Etti ^a   Lavi, Uri ^a   Lewinsohn, Efraim ^a   Eyal, Yoram ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Citrus; Ethylene; Flavor and aroma; Fruit ripening; Sesquiterpene synthase; Valencene

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; FLAVORS; FRUITS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

GENE ENCODING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CITRUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ODORS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SESQUITERPENES; TASTE; TERPENES;

CITRUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0344664094     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01910.x     Document Type: Article

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