Antisense inhibition of cytosolic phosphorylase in potato plants (Solanum tuberosum L.) affects tuber sprouting and flower formation with only little impact on carbohydrate metabolism

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 323-333

  Duwenig, Elke ^a   Steup, Martin ^b   Willmitzer, Lothar ^c   Kossmann, Jens ^c  

^a Institut fur Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOSPHORYLASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CYTOSOL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CYTOSOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHOSPHORYLASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031213930     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12020323.x     Document Type: Article

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