Pectin esterase gene family in strawberry fruit: Study of FaPE1, a ripening-specific isoform

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 398, 2004, Pages 909-918

  Castillejo, Cristina ^a   De La Fuente, José Ignacio ^a   Iannetta, Pietro ^b   Botella, Miguel Ángel ^a   Valpuesta, Victoriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auxin; Cell wall; Ethylene; Fruit ripening; Pectin esterase; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSTS; CELL MEMBRANES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DNA; FRUITS; GENES; HORMONES; RNA;

AUXIN TREATMENT; CDNA; CELL WALL; FRUIT RIPENING; HORMONE REGULATION; MRNA;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

CARBOXYLESTERASE; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PECTINESTERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAWBERRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT LEAVES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EUKARYOTA; FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 1942510634     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh102     Document Type: Article

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