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Polygalacturonase Activity

Polygalacturonase Activity is an enzymatic activity that catalyzes the hydrolysis of α-1,4-glycosidic linkages in polygalacturonic acid, a major component of pectin, thereby contributing to cell wall disassembly and texture softening during fruit ripening.

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Hydrogen peroxide is generated systemically in plant leaves by wounding and systemin via the octadecanoid pathway

Martha L. Orozco-Cárdenas, Clarence A. Ryan · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 840 citations

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Role of Cell Wall Hydrolases in Fruit Ripening

Robert L. Fischer, A. B. Bennett · Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology · 1991 · 693 citations

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Antisense RNA inhibition of polygalacturonase gene expression in transgenic tomatoes

Christopher J. Smith, Colin F. Watson, John A. Ray et al. · Nature · 1988 · 662 citations

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ARABIDOPSIS DEHISCENCE ZONE POLYGALACTURONASE1 (ADPG1), ADPG2, and QUARTET2 Are Polygalacturonases Required for Cell Separation during Reproductive Development in <i>Arabidopsis</i>  

Mikihiro Ogawa, Pippa Kay, Sarah M. Wilson et al. · The Plant Cell · 2009 · 464 citations · Full text

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

James J. Giovannoni, A. B. Bennett, Robert L. Fischer · The Plant Cell · 1989 · 424 citations · Full text

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    Giulia De Lorenzo

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    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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    Peter Albersheim

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