Expression of a luteoviral movement protein in transgenic plants leads to carbohydrate accumulation and reduced photosynthetic capacity in source leaves

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1045-1056

  Herbers, Karin ^a   Tacke, Eckhardt ^b   Hazirezaei, Mohammad ^a   Krause, Klaus Peter ^a   Melzer, Michael ^a   Rohde, Wolfgang ^c   Sonnewald, Uwe ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b BIOPLANT ^*

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIINAE; LUTEOVIRUS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POTATO LEAFROLL VIRUS; POTATO VIRUS Y; POTYVIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0031279960     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12051045.x     Document Type: Article

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