Antisense inhibition of the sucrose transporter in potato: Effects on amount and activity

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1124-1131

  Lemoine, R ^a,b   Kuhn C ^b   Thiele, N ^b   Delrot, S ^a   Frommer, W B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Inst F Genbiologische Forschung   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

antisense repression; phloem loading; potato; proton sucrose cotransport; Solanaceae; Solanum tuberosum L.; transporter expression and activity

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030483115     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00427.x     Document Type: Article

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