Physiological and molecular analysis of the maturation process in fruits of clementine mandarin and one of its late-ripening mutants

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 7974-7982

  Distefano, Gaetano ^a   Giuseppina, Lac Casas ^a   Caruso, Marco ^a   Todaro, Aldo ^b   Rapisarda, Paolo ^b   Malfa, Stefano L A ^a   Gentile, Alessandra ^a   Tribulato, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotenogenesls; Chlorophyllase; Citrus; Ethylene; HPLC

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CAROTENOIDS; CITRUS; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION;

CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 69949127824     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf900710v     Document Type: Article

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