NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES RELATING TO PAPAYA RIPENING

• Main Authors: PAIS, MARIA, SALOME, SOARES, GONSALVES, DENNIS, BALDE, ALADJE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.10.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to DNA molecules and DNA constructs which promote papaya fruit ripening. The present invention is also directed to methods for promoting or delaying the ripening of papaya plants through transformation of papaya with DNA constructs containing nucleic acids which encode proteins or polypeptides involved in papaya ripening. The invention also relates to expression systems, host cells, and plants containing such DNA constructs. La présente invention concerne des molécules d'ADN et des constructions d'ADN qui favorisent le mûrissement des papayes. L'invention concerne également des procédés permettant de favoriser ou de retarder le mûrissement des papayers par la transformation de la papaye au moyen de constructions d'ADN contenant des acides nucléiques codant pour des protéines ou des polypeptides impliqués dans le mûrissement des papayes. L'invention concerne en outre des systèmes d'expression, des cellules hôtes, et des plantes contenant de telles constructions d'ADN.