Ascorbate metabolism and the developmental demand for tartaric and oxalic acids in ripening grape berries

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Melino, Vanessa J ^a,c   Soole, Kathleen L ^b   Ford, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

ASCORBIC ACID; GALACTOSE; MANNOSE; OXALIC ACID; PLANT RNA; TARTARIC ACID; TARTARIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRAPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASCORBIC ACID; FRUIT; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MANNOSE; OXALIC ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; TARTRATES; VITIS;

EID: 73849114229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-9-145     Document Type: Article

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