Regulatory mechanisms of textural changes in ripening fruits

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 222-243

  Li, Xian ^a   Xu, Changjie ^a   Korban, Schuyler S ^b   Chen, Kunsong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Ethylene; Expansin; Lignification; Regulation; Ripening; Softening; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954418458     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2010.487776     Document Type: Article

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