Cloning and expression analysis of β-galactosidase gene related to softening of banana (Musa sp.) fruit

Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-419

  Zhuang, Jun Ping ^a   Su, Jing ^b   Li, Xue Ping ^a   Chen, Wei Xin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Banana fruit; cDNA cloning; Ripening and softening

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BANANA; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSA; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EUKARYOTA; MUSA SP.;

EID: 33748509531     PISSN: 16713877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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