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Bozak, K. R., Yu, H., Sirevag, R., and Christoffersen, R. E. (1990). Sequence analysis of ripening-related cytochrome P-450 cDNAs from avocado fruit. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87, 3904-3908.

Cass, L. G., Kirven, K. A., and Christoffersen, R. E. (1990). Isolation and characterization of a cellulase gene family member expressed during avocado fruit ripening. Mol. Gen. Genet. 223, 76-86.

Bozak, K. R., O'Keefe, D. P., and Christoffersen, R. E. (1992). Expression of a ripening-related avocado (Persea americana) cytochrome P-450 in yeast. Plant Physiol. 100, 1976-1981.

McGarvey, D. J., and Christoffersen, R. E. (1992). Characterization and kinetic parameters of ethylene-forming enzyme from avocado fruit. J. Biol. Chem. 267, 5964-5967.

McGarvey, D. J., Sirevag, R., and Christoffersen, R. E. (1992). Ripening-related gene from avocado fruit - ethylene-inducible expression of the mRNA and polypeptide. Plant Physiol. 98, 554-559.

Kutsunai, S. Y.; Lin, A.-C.; Percival, F. W.; Laties, G. G.; Christoffersen, R. E. (1993) Ripening-related polygalacturonase cDNA from avocado. Plant Physiology 103, 289-290.

Hallahan, D. L., Lau, S. M. C., Harder, P. A., Smiley, D. W. M., Dawson, G. W., Pickett, J. A., Christoffersen, R. E., and O'Keefe, D. P. (1994). Cytochrome p-450-catalysed monoterpenoid oxidation in catmint (Nepeta racemosa) and avocado (Persea americana) - evidence for related enzymes with different activities. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1201, 94-100.

Christoffersen, R. E., Percival, F. W., and Bozak, K. R. (1995). Functional and DNA Sequence Divergence of the CYP71 Gene Family in Higher Plants. Drug Metabolism and Drug Interactions 12(3-4), 207-219.

Tonutti, P., Cass, L. G., and Christoffersen, R. E. (1995). The expression of cellulase gene family members during induced avocado fruit abscission and ripening. Plant, Cell and Environment 18, 709-713.

Katherine J. Courtney, Frank W. Percival, David L. Hallahan, Rolf E. Christoffersen (1996) Cloning and sequencing of a cytochrome P450, CYP89, from Arabidopsis thaliana (Accession No. U61231) (PGR96-061). Plant Physiol. 112, 445

Rocklin, A. M.; Tierney, D. L.; Kofman, V.; Brunhuber, N. M. W.; Hoffman, B. M.; Christoffersen, R. E.; Reich, N. O.; Lipscomb, J. D.; Que, L. (1999). Role of the nonheme Fe(II) center in the biosynthesis of the plant hormone ethylene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 96, 7905-7909.

Brunhuber, N. M. W.; Mort, J. L.; Christoffersen, R. E.; Reich, N. O. (2000) Steady-state kinetic mechanism of recombinant avocado ACC oxidase: Initial velocity and inhibitor studies. Biochemistry 39, 10730-10738.

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