Inhibition of the ethylene response by 1-MCP in tomato suggests that polyamines are not involved in delaying ripening, but may moderate the rate of ripening or over-ripening

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3313-3325

  Tassoni, Annalisa ^a,b   Watkins, Christopher B ^a   Davies, Peter J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Ethylene; Fruit ripening; Polyamines; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; FRUIT RIPENING; POLYAMINES; SENESCENCE INHIBITORS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ETHYLENE; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

1 METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; CARBOXYLYASE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COLOR; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TOMATO;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; CARBOXY-LYASES; COLOR; CYCLOPROPANES; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYAMINES; PUTRESCINE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 33749005110     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl092     Document Type: Article

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