Overexpression of D-myo-inositol-3-phosphate synthase leads to elevated levels of inositol in Arabidopsis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 811-820

  Smart, Cheryl C ^a   Flores, Susan ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; D myo inositol 3 phosphate synthase; inositol; overproduction; salt stress; Spirodela polyrrhiza

Indexed keywords

D MYO INOSITOL 3 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; D-MYO-INOSITOL-3-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; EPIMERASE; INOSITOL; ISOMERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; INOSITOL; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031104949     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005754425440     Document Type: Article

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