Autolysis of cell walls from polygalacturonase-antisense tomato fruit in simulated apoplastic solutions

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 617-622

  Almeida, Domingos P F ^a,b   Huber, Donald J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Fruit ripening; Pectin; Solanum lycopersicum; Uronic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; MINERAL; PECTIN; POLYGALACTURONASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; URONIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; SOLUBILITY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELL WALL; FRUIT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MINERALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PECTINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYGALACTURONASE; SODIUM ACETATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY; URONIC ACIDS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 79955719870     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2011.02.021     Document Type: Article

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