Cellular and Molecular Aspects of the Plant Hormone Ethylene: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Biosynthesis and Action of the Plant Hormone Ethylene, Agen, France, August 31–September 4, 1992

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Structural Characteristics of ACC Synthase Isozymes and Differential Expression of their Genes....Pages 1-6
Monomeric and Dimeric Forms and Mechanism-Based Inactivation of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Synthase....Pages 7-12
Characterization of the 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate (ACC) Synthase Isozymes (Genes) in Tomato....Pages 13-18
Modifying Fruit Ripening by Suppressing Gene Expression....Pages 19-23
Cloning and Expression Analysis of an Arabidopsis Thaliana 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Synthase Gene: Pattern of Temporal and Spatial Expression....Pages 24-30
Relationship of ACC Oxidase RNA, ACC Synthase RNA, and Ethylene in Peach Fruit....Pages 31-32
Maximising the Activity of the Ethylene-Forming Enzyme....Pages 33-38
Purification, Characterization and Subcellular Localization of ACC Oxidase from Fruits....Pages 39-45
Purification and Characterization of ACC Oxidase and Its Expression during Ripening in Apple Fruit....Pages 46-52
Mechanistic Aspects of ACC Oxidation to Ethylene....Pages 53-58
Apple ACC Oxidase: Purification and Characterization of the Enzyme and Cloning of Its cDNA....Pages 59-64
Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of Ethylene Forming Enzyme from Avocado....Pages 65-70
Identification of Genes Encoding EFE in Tomato....Pages 71-75
EFE Multigene Family in Tomato Plants: Expression and Characterization....Pages 76-81
Altered Gene Expression, Leaf Senescence, and Fruit Ripening by Inhibiting Ethylene Synthesis with EFE-Antisense Genes....Pages 82-89
Conversion of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid to Ethylene and Its Regulation by Calcium in Sunflower Protoplasts....Pages 90-91
Isolation of a Ripening and Wound-Induced cDNA from Cucumis Melo L.With Homology to the Ethylene Forming Enzyme....Pages 92-93
Isolation and Characterisation of Ethylene-Forming Enzyme Genes from Melon....Pages 94-95
Immunocytolocalisation of ACC Oxidase in Tomato Fruits....Pages 96-97
Biochemical and Immunocytological Characterization of ACC Oxidase in Transgenic Grape Cells....Pages 98-99
Effect of E8 Protein on Ethylene Biosynthesis during Tomato Fruit Ripening....Pages 100-105
Expression of a Bacterial ACC Deaminase Gene in Tomato....Pages 106-110
Stereospecific Reaction of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Deaminase....Pages 111-116
Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Low Oxygen Action on Fruit Ripening....Pages 117-122
Functional Analysis of Cx-cellulase (Endo- β -1,4-Glucanase) Gene Expression in Transgenic Tomato Fruit....Pages 123-128
Inhibition of Ethylene Biosynthesis and Supression of Cellulase and Polygalacturonase in Avocado Fruit Subjected to Low Oxygen Storage....Pages 129-135
Cold-Induced Climacteric Rise of Ethylene Metabolism in Granny Smith Apples....Pages 136-141
Regulation by Temperature of the Propylene Induced Ethylene Biosynthesis and Ripening in “Hayward” Kiwifruit....Pages 142-143
Ethylene Involvement in Raspberry Fruit Ripening....Pages 144-145
Effect of Ethylene on Sesquiterpene Nootkatone Production during the Maturation-Senescence Stage in Grapefruit ( Citrus paradisi Macf.)....Pages 146-147
Ethylene Biosynthesis during the Ripening of Cherimoya ( Annona Cherimola , Mill)....Pages 148-149
Effects of CO 2 on Ethylene Production by Apples at Low and High O 2 Concentrations....Pages 150-151
High Carbon Dioxide Treatment before Storage as Inducer or Reducer of Ethylene in Apples....Pages 152-153
ADH Activity, via Ethanol, Affects Ethylene Production in Tomato Pericarp Discs....Pages 154-155
Two-Dimensional Protein Patterns of Cherimoya Fruits during Ripening....Pages 156-157
Involvement of Ethylene Levels in Delayed Ripening of Avocado cv. ‘Hass’ at Low Temperature....Pages 158-159
Relationship between Polyamines and Ethylene in Cherimoya Fruit Ripening....Pages 160-161
Modulation of Gene Expression under Ethylene Treatment in the Latex of Hevea brasiliensis....Pages 162-163
Immunodetection of Ethylene-Induced Chlorophyllase from Citrus Fruit Peel....Pages 164-165
Ascorbate Oxidase of Cucumis Melo ....Pages 166-167
Ethylene Receptors....Pages 168-173
Buckminsterfullerene (C60 Buckyball) Inhibition of Ethylene Release from Senescing Legume Foliage and Cut Carnations....Pages 174-181
Effect of Diazocyclopentadiene (DACP) on Cut Carnations....Pages 182-187
Reduced Sensitivity to Ethylene and Delayed Senescence in a Group of Related Carnation Cultivars....Pages 188-194
In Vitro Study of Ethylene Binding Sites in Pea Seedlings....Pages 195-196
Fungal Xylanase Elicits Ethylene Biosynthesis and other Defense Responses in Tobacco....Pages 197-204
Stress Ethylene in Hevea Brasiliensis : Physiological, Cellular and Molecular Aspects....Pages 205-210
Wound Ethylene Synthesis in the Stress-Affected Cells....Pages 211-216
Ethylene in Early Signalling Phenomena at the Plant-Microorganism Interface....Pages 217-222
Tomato ACC Synthase: Regulation of Gene Expression and Importance of the C-Terminal Region in Enzyme Activity....Pages 223-231
Regulation Of Ethylene Synthesis In Maize Root Responses To Stress....Pages 232-237
Heavy Metal Induction of Ethylene Production and Stress Enzymes. I. Kinetics of the Responses....Pages 238-239
Heavy Metal Induction of Ethylene Production and Stress Enzymes: II. is Ethylene Involved in the Signal Transduction from Stress Perception to Stress Responses?....Pages 240-246
Flooding Resistance and Ethylene. I. An Ecophysiological Approach with Rumex as a Model....Pages 247-248
Flooding Resistance and Ethylene. II. Application of an Advanced Laser-Driven Photoacoustic Technique in Ethylene Measurements on Flooded Rumex Plants....Pages 249-250
Flooding Resistance and Ethylene. III. The Role of Ethylene in Shoot Elongation of Rumex Plants in Response to Flooding....Pages 251-252
Effect of Saline Stress on Growth of Lycopersicon Esculentum Plants and Its Relation with Endogenous Ethylene Metabolism....Pages 253-254
Ethylene Biosynthesis in “Hayward” Kiwifruit Infected by Botrytis Cinerea....Pages 255-256
Ethylene, Stress and Enzymatic Activities in Hevea Latex: The Diversity of Responses....Pages 257-258
Molecular and Physiological Characterisation of the Role of Ethylene during Pathogen Attack of Tomato Fruit....Pages 259-260
The Use of Antisense Transgenic Tomato Plants to Study the Role of Ethylene in Responses to Waterlogging....Pages 261-262
Research on the Diurnal Courses of Abscissic Acid, 1-Aminocyclopropane Carboxylic Acid and Its Malonyl Conjugate Contents in Needles of Damaged and Undamaged Spruces....Pages 263-264
Hormonal and Tissue-Specific Regulation of Cellulase Gene Expression in Abscission....Pages 265-271
Changes in Gene Expression during Leaf Abscission....Pages 272-277
Rapid Ethylene-Induced Gene Expression during Petal Abscission....Pages 278-283
Abscission Studies in a New Mutant of Navel Oranges....Pages 284-290
Ethylene Regulation and Function of Flower Senescence-Related Genes....Pages 291-297
Cloning of Ethylene Biosynthetic Genes Involved in Petal Senescence of Carnation and Petunia, and Their Antisense Expression in Transgenic Plants....Pages 298-303
Interorgan Regulation of Post-Pollination Events in Orchid Flowers....Pages 304-309
Roles of Ethylene, ACC and Short-Chain Saturated Fatty Acids in Inter-Organ Communication during Senescence of Cymbidium Flowers....Pages 310-316
The Role of Ethylene in the Abscission and Ripening of Red Raspberry Fruit Rubus idaeus cv Glen Clova....Pages 317-322
Expression of Two ACC Synthase mRNAs in Carnation Flower Parts during Aging and Following Treatment with Ethylene....Pages 323-324
Promoting the Activity of Arginine Decarboxylase and Ornithine Decarboxylase by Ethylene and Its Significance to the Control of Abscission in Citrus Leaf Explants....Pages 325-326
Expression of EFE Antisense RNA in Tomato Causes Retardation of Leaf Senescence and Most Fruit Ripening Characteristics....Pages 327-328
The Role of Ethylene in Regulating Growth of Deepwater Rice....Pages 329-334
Gravity Dependent Ethylene Action....Pages 335-340
Ethylene and the Growth of Etiolated Seedlings of Lupinus Albus L.....Pages 341-346
Various Conditions of Illumination and Ethylene Evolution....Pages 347-352
Ethylene and Vitrification of Fraxinus Explants in Vitro ....Pages 353-358
Stimulation of Somatic Embryogenesis in Carrot by Ethylene....Pages 359-364
Relationship between Ethylene and Polyamine Synthesis in Plant Regeneration....Pages 365-366
Ethylene Inhibits the Morphogenesis of Vitis Vinifera Cuttings Cultured in Vitro ....Pages 367-368
Enhanced Ethylene Production by Primary Roots of Zea Mays L. in Response to Sub-Ambient Partial Pressures of Oxygen....Pages 369-370
Ethylene and Phosphorylation of Pea Epicotyl Proteins....Pages 371-372
Knowledge of Xylem Sap Flow Rate is a Pre-Requisite for Accurate Estimates of Hormone Transport from Roots to Shoots....Pages 373-374
Ethylene Synthesis by Fruit Plants Cultured in Vitro ....Pages 375-376
Back Matter....Pages 377-388