A cDNA clone highly expressed in ripe banana fruit shows homology to pectate lyases

Plant Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1071-1076

  Dommguez Puigjaner, Eva ^a   Lop, Immaculada L ^a   Vendrell, Miquel ^a   Prat, Salomé ^a  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANANA; ETHYLENE; MESOCARP; PECTATE LYASE; RIPENING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA;

EID: 3543011949     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.3.1071     Document Type: Article

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