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In this article we relate how tomato genes encoding the ethylene forming enzyme were identified by first inhibiting their expression with antisense genes and then by demonstrating their functional expression in a heterologous host. These results have shed much light on the nature of this enigmatic enzyme including its cellular location and mechanism of action.
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Hamilton, A.J., Bouzayen, M., Grierson, D. (1993). Identification of Genes Encoding EFE in Tomato. In: Pech, J.C., Latché, A., Balagué, C. (eds) Cellular and Molecular Aspects of the Plant Hormone Ethylene. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1003-9_13
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