Tomato polyphenol oxidase B is spatially and temporally regulated during development and in response to ethylene

Molecules

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 493-517

  Newman, Sally M ^a   Tantasawat, Piyada ^a,b   Steffens, John C ^a,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential expression; Ethylene; GUS; PPO; Promoter analysis; Solanum lycopersicum; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79251494475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules16010493     Document Type: Article

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