High level fructan accumulation in a transgenic sugar beet

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 843-846

  Sévenier, Robert ^a   Hall, Robert D ^a   Van der Meer, Ingrid M ^a   Hakkert, Hanny J C ^a   Van Tunen, Arjen J ^a   Koops, Andries J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural biology; Carbohydrate; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; DNA; FRUCTAN; RNA; SUCROSE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUNFLOWER; SYNTHESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS;

EID: 0031753724     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0998-843     Document Type: Article

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