Expression of sucrose synthase in sweet potato

Japanese Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 624-631

  Saitou, Kazuyuki ^a   Araki, Takuya ^a   Agata, Waichi ^a   Kubota, Fumitake ^a   Nakayama, Kaoru ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Sucrose; Sucrose synthase (EC 2. 4. 1. 13); Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031468739     PISSN: 00111848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/jcs.66.624     Document Type: Article

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