Characterization of expression, and cloning, of β-D-xylosidase and α-L-arabinofuranosidase in developing and ripening tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) fruit

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 393, 2003, Pages 2615-2622

  Itai, Akihiro ^a   Ishihara, Koji ^a   Bewley, J Derek ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

L arabinofuranosidase; D xylosidase; 1 methylcyclopropene (1 MCP); Cell walls; Ethylene; Tomato fruit ripening

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CLONING; DNA; ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS; RNA;

CELL WALL; RIPENING;

FRUITS;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; XYLOSIDASES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0346752493     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg291     Document Type: Article

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