Down-regulation of POLYGALACTURONASE1 alters firmness, tensile strength and water loss in apple (Malus x domestica) fruit

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Atkinson, Ross G ^a   Sutherland, Paul W ^a   Johnston, Sarah L ^a   Gunaseelan, Kularajathevan ^a   Hallett, Ian C ^a   Mitra, Deepali ^a   Brummell, David A ^b   Schröder, Roswitha ^a   Johnston, Jason W ^a   Schaffer, Robert J ^a,c  

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

^b PFR   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apple (Malus x domestica); Fruit softening; Intercellular adhesion; Pectin; Polygalacturonase; Texture

Indexed keywords

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

PECTIN; POLYGALACTURONASE; TRAUMACEL; URONIC ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; CROSS BREEDING; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETICS; MALUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; SEASON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; CROSSES, GENETIC; DOWN-REGULATION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALUS; PECTINS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYMERIZATION; SEASONS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TENSILE STRENGTH; URONIC ACIDS; WATER;

EID: 84864442057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-129     Document Type: Article

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