The vacuolar sorting domain of sporamin transports GUS, but not levansucrase, to the plant vacuole

New Phytologist

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-38

  Turk, Stefan C H J ^a   De Roos, Koen ^a   Scotti, Pier A ^a   Van Dun, Kees ^b   Weisbeek, Peter ^a   Smeekens, Sjef C M ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Cell Biology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Van der Haveweg 2 4410 AA the   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fructans; GUS; Levansucrase; Sporamin; Vacuolar protein sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031434660     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00727.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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