ISHS Acta Horticulturae 553: IV International Conference on Postharvest Science
ISOLATION AND EXPRESSION OF A CITRUS cDNA RELATED TO PEEL DAMAGE CAUSED BY POSTHARVEST STRESS CONDITIONS |
| Authors: | M.T. Sanchez-Ballesta, M.T. Lafuente, A. Granell, L. Zacarias |
| Keywords: | chilling injury, Fortune mandarin, gene expression. |
| Abstract:
In order to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying chilling injury in citrus fruits we have isolated, by differential screening of a cDNA library from Fortune flavedo, a number of cDNAs differentially expressed by low temperature. The 3c1 cDNA encoded a protein with shared sequence similarity to several proteins known or hypothesised to catalyse the transfer of an acyl group from an acyl-CoA substrate. The expression of this cDNA is fruit specific and in response to low temperature showed a different pattern in chilling-sensitive (Fortune and Navelate) and chilling-tolerant (Hernandina and Pinalate) citrus cultivars. | |
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