Sucrose-phosphate synthase activity and yield analysis of tomato plants transformed with maize sucrose-phosphate synthase

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 253-259

  Laporte, Marianne M ^a   Galagan, Julie A ^a   Shapiro, Joseph A ^c   Boersig, Michael R ^b   Shewmaker, Christine K ^b   Sharkey, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Calgene Inc   (United States)

^c BHN Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter; Growth chamber (open topped) Lycopersicon; Open top chambers; Ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase small subunit promoter; Sucrose phosphate synthase; Yield (transformed tomato)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030694036     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050189     Document Type: Article

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