Differential expression levels of aroma-related genes during ripening of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.)

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 435-440

  González Agüero, Mauricio ^a,b   Troncoso, Sebastián ^c   Gudenschwager, Orianne ^a   Campos Vargas, Reinaldo ^a,b   Moya León, María A ^d   Defilippi, Bruno G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

^b Millennium Nucleus in Plant Cell Biotechnology MN PCB   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aroma; Gene expression; Prunus armeniaca; Real time PCR; Ripening; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPOXYGENASE; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRUNUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VOLATILIZATION;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIPOXYGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ODORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PRUNUS; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VOLATILIZATION;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 63449123059     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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