Decreased l-ascorbate content mediating bolting is mainly regulated by the galacturonate pathway in oncidium

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 935-946

  Shen, Chin Hui ^a   Krishnamurthy, Ramanarayan ^a   Yeh, Kai Wun ^a  

^a Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bolting period; GalUA pathway; H2O2; L Ascorbic acid (AsA); Pectin methylesterase (PME); SmirnoffWheeler pathway

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ONCIDIUM; ORCHIDACEAE;

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOXYLESTERASE; GALACTURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PECTIN; PECTINESTERASE; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ORCHIDACEAE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORCHIDACEAE; PECTINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 66149131863     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp045     Document Type: Article

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