Malate plays a crucial role in starch metabolism, ripening, and soluble solid content of tomato fruit and affects postharvest softening

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 162-184

  Centeno, Danilo C ^a   Osorio, Sonia ^a   Nunes Nesi, Adriano ^a   Bertolo, Ana L F ^b   Carneiro, Raphael T ^b   Araújo, Wagner L ^a   Steinhauser, Marie Caroline ^a   Michalska, Justyna ^a   Rohrmann, Johannes ^a   Geigenberger, Peter ^c   Oliver, Sandra N ^a   Stitt, Mark ^a   Carrari, Fernando ^d   Rose, Jocelyn K C ^b   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

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EID: 79952284030     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.072231     Document Type: Article

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