Proteome regulation during Olea europaea fruit development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Widespread in the Mediterranean basin, Olea europaea trees are gaining worldwide popularity for the nutritional and cancer-protective properties of the oil, mechanically extracted from ripe fruits. Fruit development is a physiological process with remarkable impact on the modulation of the biosynthesis of compounds affecting the quality of the drupes as well as the final composition of the olive oil. Proteomics offers the possibility to dig deeper into the major changes during fruit development, including the important phase of ripening, and to classify temporal patterns of protein accumulation occurring during these complex physiological processes.

Methodology/principal findings

In this work, we started monitoring the proteome variations associated with olive fru

SUBMITTER: Bianco L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3547947 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature