Isolation of a Polygalacturonase Gene from Citrus sinensis Fruit and Its Expression Relative to Fruit Mastication Trait, Fruit Development, and Calcium or Boron Treatments

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-59

  Liu, Yong Zhong ^a,b   Dong, Tao ^b   Lei, Ying ^a   Deng, Xiu Xin ^a   Gu, Qing Qing ^c  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Huazhong Agricultural University   (China)

^c JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citrus sinensis; Fruit development; Fruit mastication; Polygalacturonase

Indexed keywords

CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 79251605275     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-010-0206-0     Document Type: Article

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