ArticlePloS one2013
Tissue specific localization of pectin-Ca²⁺ cross-linkages and pectin methyl-esterification during fruit ripening in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).
Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cell wall xyloglucan epitope modifications during flooding-induced root aerenchyma development in select cool-season legumes.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Exploring the genetic architecture underlying dietary fiber content in Colombian Andean blueberry (Vaccinium meridionale Swartz).PloS one · 2026Article
- Transcriptional control of tomato fruit development and ripening.Journal of experimental botany · 2025Review
- Pectin Peek-a-Boo: Homogalacturonan Turnover During Flooding-Induced Legume Root Aerenchyma Formation.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Article
- Expansin SlExp1 and endoglucanase SlCel2 synergistically promote fruit softening and cell wall disassembly in tomato.The Plant cell · 2024Article
- Maintenance of Methyl-Esterified Pectin Level in Pollen Mother-Cell Stages Is Required for Microspore Development.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Cell Wall Integrity Signaling in Fruit Ripening.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Article
- The Structure and Composition of Extracted Pectin and Residual Cell Wall Material from Processing Tomato: The Role of a Stepwise Approach versus High-Pressure Homogenization-Facilitated Acid Extraction.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Zinc Oxide Phytonanoparticles' Effects on Yield and Mineral Contents in Fruits of Tomato (TheScientificWorldJournal · 2021Article
- Characterization and Expression Analysis of the CaPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Immunoprofiling of Cell Wall Carbohydrate Modifications During Flooding-Induced Aerenchyma Formation in Fabaceae Roots.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Article
- Transcriptomic insights into citrus segment membrane's cell wall components relating to fruit sensory texture.BMC genomics · 2018Article
- High-resolution spatiotemporal transcriptome mapping of tomato fruit development and ripening.Nature communications · 2018Article
- Cell wall dynamics during apple development and storage involves hemicellulose modifications and related expressed genes.BMC plant biology · 2016Article
- Promotion of testa rupture during garden cress germination involves seed compartment-specific expression and activity of pectin methylesterases.Plant physiology · 2015Article
- Article
- Analysis of papaya cell wall-related genes during fruit ripening indicates a central role of polygalacturonases during pulp softening.PloS one · 2014Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Fruit ripening is one of the developmental processes accompanying seed development. The tomato is a well-known model for studying fruit ripening and development, and the disassembly of primary cell walls and the middle lamella, such as through pectin de-methylesterified by pectin methylesterase (PE) and depolymerization by polygalacturonase (PG), is generally accepted to be one of the major changes that occur during ripening. Although many reports of the changes in pectin during tomato fruit ripening are focused on the relation to softening of the pericarp or the Blossom-end rot by calcium (Ca²⁺) deficiency disorder, the changes in pectin structure and localization in each tissues during tomato fruit ripening is not well known. In this study, to elucidate the tissue-specific role of pectin during fruit development and ripening, we examined gene expression, the enzymatic activities involved in pectin synthesis and depolymerisation in fruit using biochemical and immunohistochemical analyses, and uronic acids and calcium (Ca)-bound pectin were determined by secondary ion-microprobe mass spectrometry. These results show that changes in pectin properties during fruit development and ripening have tissue-specific patterns. In particular, differential control of pectin methyl-esterification occurs in each tissue. Variations in the cell walls of the pericarp are quite different from that of locular tissues. The Ca-binding pectin and hairy pectin in skin cell layers are important for intercellular and tissue-tissue adhesion. Maintenance of the globular form and softening of tomato fruit may be regulated by the arrangement of pectin structures in each tissue.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.