Cloning and functional expression of an (E,E)-α-farnesene synthase cDNA from peel tissue of apple fruit

Planta

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-94

  Pechous, Steven W ^a   Whitaker, Bruce D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

(E,E) Farnesene; Apple fruit; Ethylene regulation; Malus; Sesquiterpene biosynthesis; Superficial scald

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; ETHYLENE; FRUITS; HORMONES; RNA; TISSUE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

APPLE FRUITS; GASEOUS PLANT HORMONES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALPHA FARNESENE; ALPHA-FARNESENE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APPLE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ETHYLENES; MALUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SESQUITERPENES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 2442584576     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1191-4     Document Type: Article

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