L-Ascorbic acid metabolism during fruit development in an ascorbate-rich fruit crop chestnut rose (Rosa roxburghii Tratt)

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 171, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1205-1216

  Huang, Ming ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a   Deng, Xiu Xin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Chestnut rose; Dehydroascorbate reductase; Fruit development; L Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSE;

ASCORBIC ACID; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84904256653     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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