Two banana fruit ripening-related C2H2 zinc finger proteins are transcriptional repressors of ethylene biosynthetic genes

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-15

  Han, Yan chao ^a   Fu, Chang chun ^a   Kuang, Jian fei ^a   Chen, Jian ye ^a   Lu, Wang jin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Banana; C2H2 zinc finger protein; Ethylene biosynthesis; Fruit ripening; Transcriptional repressor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953410255     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.12.029     Document Type: Article

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