Antisense down-regulation of strawberry endo-β-(1,4)-glucanase genes does not prevent fruit softening during ripening

Plant Science

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 640-646

  Palomer, Xavier ^a   Llop Tous, Imma ^a   Vendrell, Miquel ^a   Krens, Frans A ^b   Schaart, Jan G ^b   Boone, Marjan J ^b   van der Valk, Henry ^b   Salentijn, Elma M J ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endo (1,4) glucanase; Fragaria ananassa; Fruit softening; Strawberry; Transgenic antisense plants

Indexed keywords

ENDO-Β-(1,4)-GLUCANASE; FRAGARIA × ANANASSA; FRUIT SOFTENING; STRAWBERRY; TRANSGENIC ANTISENSE PLANTS;

ENZYMES; FRUITS;

GENES;

ENZYMES; FRUITS; GENES; RIPENING; SOFTENING;

FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 33749488498     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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