The strawberry (Fragaria×ananassa) fruit-specific rhamnogalacturonate lyase 1 (FaRGLyase1) gene encodes an enzyme involved in the degradation of cell-wall middle lamellae

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1471-1483

  Molina Hidalgo, Francisco J ^a   Franco, Antonio R ^a   Villatoro, Carmen ^b   Medina Puche, Laura ^a   Mercado, José A ^c   Hidalgo, Miguel A ^d   Monfort, Amparo ^c   Caballero, José Luis ^a   Muñoz Blanco, Juan ^a   Blanco Portales, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d Planasa Plant Breeding Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

cell wall; Fragaria ananassa (strawberry); fruit firmness; pectin; post harvest shelf life; rhamnogalacturonate lyase; ripening; softening.

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; RHIZOBIUM;

ABSCISIC ACID; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL WALL; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABSCISIC ACID; CELL WALL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC LINKAGE; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PECTINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84876034098     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers386     Document Type: Article

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