Inhibition of fructokinase and sucrose synthase by cytosolic levels of fructose in young tomato fruit undergoing transient starch synthesis

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 800-806

  Schaffer, Arthur A ^a   Petreikov, Marina ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Enzyme inhibition; Fructokinase; Fructose; Lycopersicon esculentum; Sucrose metabolism; Sucrose synthase; Tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031415779     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010417.x     Document Type: Article

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