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Altered cell wall disassembly during ripening of Cnr tomato fruit: implications for cell adhesion and fruit softening.
Planta - 1 Jul 2002
Orfila Caroline, Huisman Miranda M H, Willats William G T, van Alebeek Gert-Jan W M, Schols Henk A, Seymour Graham B, Knox J Paul
Abstract excerpt
The Cnr ( C olourless n on- r ipening) tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) mutant has an aberrant fruit-ripening phenotype in which fruit do not soften and have reduced cell adhesion between pericarp cells. Cell walls from Cnr fruit were analysed in order to assess the possible contribution of pectic polysaccharides to the non-softening and altered cell adhesion phenotype. Cell wall material (CWM) and...
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