Differential expression of litchi XET genes in relation to fruit growth11The first two authors contributed equally to this work.

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 707-713

  Lu, W ^a,c   Wang, Y ^b,d   Jiang, Y ^b   Li, J ^a   Liu, H ^b,d   Duan, X ^b   Song, L ^b,d  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c Guangdong Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cracking; Growth; Litchi fruit; NAA; XET

Indexed keywords

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; XYLOGLUCAN ENDOTRANSGLYCOSYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LYCHEE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LITCHI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 33845479667     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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