Regulatory role of cystathionine-γ-synthase and de novo synthesis of methionine in ethylene production during tomato fruit ripening

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 255-268

  Katz, Yael S ^a,b   Galili, Gad ^b   Amir, Rachel ^a,c  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Climacteric fruit; Cystathionine synthase; Ethylene; Methionine metabolism; Tomato

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ETHYLENE; FRUITS; PROTEINS; RNA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CLIMACTERIC FRUIT; METHIONINE METABOLISM; SYNTHASE; TOMATO;

ENZYMES;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ETHEPHON; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; LYASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; O SUCCINYLHOMOSERINE (THIOL) LYASE; O-SUCCINYLHOMOSERINE (THIOL)-LYASE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TOMATO;

CARBON-OXYGEN LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METHIONINE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; FRUITS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33745184059     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-0009-8     Document Type: Article

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