Gene expression and ethylene production in transgenic pear (Pyrus communis cv. 'La France') with sense or antisense cDNA encoding ACC oxidase

Plant Science

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-42

  Gao, Mei ^a   Matsuta, Narumi ^b   Murayama, Hideki ^c   Toyomasu, Tomonobu ^c   Mitsuhashi, Wataru ^c   Dandekar, Abhaya M ^d   Tao, Ryutaro ^e   Nishimura, Koichi ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Yamagata Horticultural Experiment Station   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 Aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylate (ACC); Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Fruit shelf life; Gene co suppression; In vitro flowering; Phenotype of transgenic pear

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; FRUITS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION SYSTEMS; GENE COSUPPRESSION; TRANSGENIC PEAR;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; FRUITS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS;

AGROBACTERIUM; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 34248639036     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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