Regulation of L-ascorbic acid content in strawberry fruits

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4191-4201

  Cruz Rus, Eduardo ^a   Amaya, Iraida ^b   Sánchez Sevilla, José F ^b   Botella, Miguel A ^a   Valpuesta, Victoriano ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

D galacturonic acid reductase; fruit ripening; gene expression; L Ascorbic acid; oxidative stress; strawberry

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ASCORBIC ACID; D GALACTURONIC ACID REDUCTASE; D-GALACTURONIC ACID REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ASCORBIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA, PLANT; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 80051737989     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err122     Document Type: Article

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