VpAAT1, a gene encoding an alcohol acyltransferase, is involved in ester biosynthesis during ripening of mountain papaya fruit

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 5114-5121

  Balbontín, Cristian ^a   Gaete Eastman, Carlos ^a   Fuentes, Lida ^a   Figueroa, Carlos R ^a   Herrera, Raúl ^a   Manriquez, Daniel ^b   Latché, Alain ^b   Pech, Jean Claude ^b   Moya León, María Alejandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

1 methylcyclopropene; Alcohol acyltransferase; Aroma; Ester production; Fruit ripening; Vasconcellea pubescens

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL O ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTER; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PAPAYA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARICA; ESTERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

CARICA PAPAYA; VASCONCELLEA CUNDINAMARCENSIS; VASCONCELLEA PUBESCENS;

EID: 77951276863     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf904296c     Document Type: Article

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