Prunasin hydrolases during fruit development in sweet and bitter almonds

Plant Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1916-1932

  Sánchez Pérez, Raquel ^a,b   Belmonte, Fara Sáez ^c   Borch, Jonas ^d   Dicenta, Federico ^a   Møller, Birger Lindberg ^b   Jørgensen, Kirsten ^b  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Department of Bioimaging ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DULCIS; PRUNUS SEROTINA;

EID: 84859318830     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.192021     Document Type: Article

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