Expression and location of endo-β-mannanase during the ripening of tomato fruit, and the relationship between its activity and softening

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1672-1684

  Wang, Aoxue ^a   Li, Jingfu ^a   Zhang, Bingxiu ^a   Xu, Xiangyang ^a   Bewley, J Derek ^b  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell walls; Endo mannanase; Tomato fruit ripening

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BETA MANNOSIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BETA-MANNOSIDASE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCURONIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ALLIUM CEPA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 69949184833     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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