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Antisense inhibition of a pectate lyase gene supports a role for pectin depolymerization in strawberry fruit softening.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Jan 2008
Santiago-Doménech Nieves, Jiménez-Bemúdez Silvia, Matas Antonio J, Rose Jocelyn K C, Muñoz-Blanco Juan, Mercado José A, Quesada Miguel A
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Cell wall disassembly in softening fruits is a complex process involving the cumulative action of many families of wall-modifying proteins on interconnected polysaccharide matrices. One strategy to elucidate the in vivo substrates of specific enzymes and their relative importance and contribution...
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