The fruit ripening-related gene FaAAT2 encodes an acyl transferase involved in strawberry aroma biogenesis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4275-4290

  Cumplido Laso, Guadalupe ^a   Medina Puche, Laura ^a   Moyano, Enriqueta ^a   Hoffmann, Thomas ^b   Sinz, Quirin ^b   Ring, Ludwig ^b   Studart Wittkowski, Claudia ^b   Caballero, José Luis ^a   Schwab, Wilfried ^b   Muñoz Blanco, Juan ^a   Blanco Portales, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol acyltransferase; BADH; Fruit aroma; Strawberry; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL ACYLTRANSFERASE, FRAGARIA ANANASSA; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ESTER; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALCOHOLS; ESTERS; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT PROTEINS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 84866682888     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers120     Document Type: Article

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