Ultrastructural effects in potato leaves due to antisense-inhibition of the sucrose transporter indicate an apoplasmic mode of phloem loading

Planta

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 533-543

  Schulz, Alexander ^a   Kühn, Christina ^b   Riesmeier, Jörg W ^c   Frommer, Wolf B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phloem loading; Solanum (phloem loading); Starch distribution; Sucrose transporter (antisense repression); Ultrastructure (leaf)

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL TRANSPORT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LIPID STORAGE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; POTATO; PROMOTER REGION; SUCROSE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0031787982     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050430     Document Type: Article

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