Relationship of ethylene biosynthesis to volatile production, related enzymes, and precursor availability in apple peel and flesh tissues

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3133-3141

  Defilippi, Bruno G ^a,b   Dandekar, Abhaya M ^b   Kader, Adel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alcohol acyltransferase; Amino acids; Aroma volatiles; Fatty acids; Malus domestica; Transgenic apple fruit

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE; AMINO ACID; ENZYME; ESTER; ETHYLENE; FATTY ACID; FLAVORING AGENT; ISOLEUCINE; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LIPOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSIN;

APPLE; AROMA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FRUIT; MODULATION; PRECURSOR; TISSUE; VOLATILIZATION;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 17144391431     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf047892x     Document Type: Article

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