Ethylene-induced modulation of genes associated with the ethylene signalling pathway in ripening kiwifruit

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2097-2108

  Yin, Xue Ren ^a,b   Chen, Kun Song ^a   Allan, Andrew C ^b   Wu, Rong Mei ^b   Zhang, Bo ^a   Lallu, Nagin ^b   Ferguson, Ian B ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Actinidia; Ethylene receptor; Ethylene response; Ethylene signal transduction; Fruit ripening; Gene expression; Kiwifruit

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE RECEPTORS, PLANT; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KIWIFRUIT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINIDIA; CYCLOPROPANES; ETHYLENES; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 44949217543     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern067     Document Type: Article

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