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Comment
. 2020 Dec 31;71(22):6865-6868.
doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa436.

Sensing when the wall comes tumbling down

David A Brummell  1
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Sensing when the wall comes tumbling down

David A Brummell. J Exp Bot. .

Abstract

This article comments on:

Paniagua C, Ric-Varas P, Garcia-Gago JA, López-Casado G, Blanco-Portales R, Muñoz-Blanco J, Schückel J, Knox JP, Matas AJ, Quesada MA, Posé S, Mercado JA. 2020. Elucidating the role of polygalacturonase genes in strawberry fruit softening. Journal of Experimental Botany 71, 7103–7117.

Keywords: Comprehensive microarray polymer profiling; RNA-Seq; fruit softening; homogalacturonan; pectin; polygalacturonase.

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