Article
Mapping, complementation, and targets of the cysteine protease actinidin in kiwifruit.
Plant physiology - 1 Jan 2012
Nieuwenhuizen Niels J, Maddumage Ratnasiri, Tsang Gianna K, Fraser Lena G, Cooney Janine M, De Silva H Nihal, Green Sol, Richardson Kim A, Atkinson Ross G
Abstract excerpt
Cysteine proteases (CPs) accumulate to high concentration in many fruit, where they are believed to play a role in fungal and insect defense. The fruit of Actinidia species (kiwifruit) exhibit a range of CP activities (e.g. the Actinidia chinensis variety YellowA shows less than 2% of the activity of Actinidia deliciosa variety Hayward). A major quantitative trait locus for CP activity was mapped to linkage group...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
