Ascorbate biosynthesis during early fruit development is the main reason for its accumulation in kiwi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Li, Mingjun ^a   Ma, Fengwang ^a   Liang, Dong ^a   Li, Juan ^a   Wang, Yanlei ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GALACTONO 1,4 LACTONE DEHYDROGENASE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATASE; GALACTOSE-1-PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SIZE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FRUIT; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; KIWIFRUIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PETIOLE; PHLOEM; PLANT CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PLANT LEAF;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

ACTINIDIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHLOEM; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 78650083651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014281     Document Type: Article

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