Characterization of a maize sucrose-phosphate synthase protein and its effect on carbon partitioning in transgenic rice plants

Plant Production Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 172-177

  Ono, Kiyomi ^a   Ishimaru, Ken ^a   Aoki, Naohiro ^a   Takahashi, Sakiko ^a   Ozawa, Kenjiroh ^a   Ohkawa, Yasunobu ^a   Ohsugi, Ryu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon partitioning; Rice (oryza sativa L.); Sucrose phosphate synthase (EC 2.4.1.14); Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000793855     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.2.172     Document Type: Article

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