Developmental changes of enzymes involved in conversion of sucrose to hexose-phosphate during early tuberisation of potato

Planta

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 220-226

  Appeldoorn, Niek J G ^a   De Bruijn, Steef M ^a   Koot Gronsveld, Elly A M ^a   Visser, Richard G F ^a   Vreugdenhil, Dick ^a   Van der Plas, Linus H W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fructokinase; Hexokinase; Invertase; Solanum; Sucrose synthase; Tuberisation (sucrose metabolism)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030988807     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050122     Document Type: Article

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