Dissecting the role of climacteric ethylene in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) ripening using a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase knockdown line

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3821-3835

  Atkinson, Ross G ^a   Gunaseelan, Kularajathevan ^a   Wang, Mindy Y ^a   Luo, Luke ^a   Wang, Tianchi ^a   Norling, Cara L ^b   Johnston, Sarah L ^a   Maddumage, Ratnasiri ^a   Schröder, Roswitha ^a   Schaffer, Robert J ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b PFR   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ACC oxidase; ethylene; kiwifruit; ripening; softening; volatiles

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID OXIDASE; 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID OXIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTIG MAPPING; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KIWIFRUIT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACTINIDIA; AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONTIG MAPPING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 79960483910     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err063     Document Type: Article

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