Gas exchange and ultrastructural analysis of transgenic potato plants expressing mRNA antisense construct targeted to the cp-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate phosphatase

Photosynthetica

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 455-465

  Muschak, M ^a   Hoffmann Benning, S ^a   Fuss, H ^b   Kossmann J ^b   Willmitzer, L ^a,b   Fisahn, J ^b  

^a Institut fur Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calvin cycle; Chloroplast; Fructose 1,6 bisphosphate; Respiration; Solanum tuberosum; Thylakoid; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000207017     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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