Flesh softening and phosphorylation of soluble polypeptides in relation to ethylene production in prunus persica fruits with different ripening patterns

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 155-162

  Morgutti, S ^a   Negrini, N ^a   Mignani, I ^a   Bassi, D ^a   Cocucci, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell wall proteins; Endo PGs; Expansins; Prunus persica; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847000779     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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