Ascorbic acid metabolism during sweet cherry (Prunus avium) fruit development.

To elucidate metabolism of ascorbic acid (AsA) in sweet cherry fruit (Prunus avium 'Hongdeng'), we quantified AsA concentration, cloned sequences involved in AsA metabolism and investigated their mRNA expression levels, and determined the activity levels of selected enzymes during fruit de...

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Main Authors: Dong Liang, Tingting Zhu, Zhiyou Ni, Lijin Lin, Yi Tang, Zhihui Wang, Xun Wang, Jin Wang, Xiulan Lv, Hui Xia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5330498?pdf=render