Progress towards the genetic engineering of tomato fruit softening

Antisense RNA inhibition of polygalacturonase gene expression in transgenic tomatoes

1988 • 661 citations

Expression of a chimeric polygalacturonase gene in transgenic rin (ripening inhibitor) tomato fruit results in polyuronide degradation but not fruit softening.

1989 • 426 citations

Genetic Regulation of Tomato Fruit Ripening1

1978 • 254 citations

The tomato polygalacturonase gene and ripening-specific expression in transgenic plants

1988 • 240 citations

Changes in Polygalacturonase Isoenzymes during the ‘Ripening’ of Normal and Mutant Tomato Fruit

1980 • 218 citations

Degradation of Cell Wall Polysaccharides during Tomato Fruit Ripening

1979 • 215 citations

Ultrastructure of Tomato Fruit Ripening and the Role of Polygalacturonase Isoenzymes in Cell Wall Degradation

1983 • 206 citations

Sequencing and identification of a cDNA done for tomato polygalacturonase

1986 • 183 citations

Polyuronide Degradation and Hemicellulose Modifications in Ripening Tomato Fruit

1983 • 144 citations

Developmental mutants in higher plants:

1988 • 135 citations

Poly uronide degradation and hemi cellulose modifications in ripening tomato lycopersicon esculentum cultivar rutgers

1983 • 133 citations

Molecular characterization of tomato fruit polygalacturonase

1987 • 111 citations

The Firmness of Tomato Fruit in Relation to Polygalacturonase Activity

1965 • 103 citations

Polygalacturonase in Tomato Fruits and the Induction of Ripening

1982 • 95 citations

Identification and sequence determination of a cDNA clone for tomato pectin esterase

1988 • 93 citations

Polygalacturonase Gene Expression in Rutgers, rin, nor, and Nr Tomato Fruits

1987 • 91 citations

Polyuronide solubilization during ripening of normal and mutant tomato fruit

1987 • 88 citations

Antisense genes in plants: an overview

1988 • 87 citations

The Conversion of Tomato-Fruit Polygalacturonase Isoenzyme 2 into Isoenzyme 1 in vitro

2005 • 77 citations

Characteristics of Tomato Cell Wall Degradation in Vitro

1977 • 72 citations

Poly galacturonase in tomato lycopersicon esculentum cultivar rutgers fruits and the induction of ripening

1982 • 52 citations

Interactions between the Amount and Molecular Forms of Polygalacturonase, Calcium, and Firmness in Tomato Fruit

1985 • 50 citations

The nucleotide sequence of the 5′ flanking region of a tomato polygalacturonase gene

1988 • 11 citations