Ethylene regulates apple (Malus × domestica) fruit softening through a dose × time-dependent mechanism and through differential sensitivities and dependencies of cell wall-modifying genes

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1005-1016

  Ireland, Hilary S ^a   Gunaseelan, Kularajathevan ^a   Muddumage, Ratnasiri ^a   Tacken, Emma J ^a,b   Putterill, Jo ^b   Johnston, Jason W ^a   Schaffer, Robert J ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Cumulative ethylene; Malus; Ripening; Softening

Indexed keywords

1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID OXIDASE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE RECEPTORS, PLANT; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CELL WALL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALUS; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALUS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84900872487     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu034     Document Type: Article

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