Thaumatin-like proteins and their possible role in protection against chilling injury in peach fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-85

  Dagar, Anurag ^a,b   Friedman, Haya ^a   Lurie, Susan ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cell wall proteins; Mealiness; Prunus persica; QRT PCR; Two dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; Woolliness

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 77954863883     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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