Different Mechanisms are Responsible for Chlorophyll Dephytylation during Fruit Ripening and Leaf Senescence in Tomato

Plant Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-56

  Christ, B ^a   Guyer, L ^b   Rossi, M ^a   Hortensteiner S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGENASE; PHEIDE A OXYGENASE; PHEOPHYTIN; PHYTOL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; PHEOPHYTINS; PHYTOL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84907051970     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.239541     Document Type: Article

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