Sucrose metabolism in cold-stored potato tubers with decreased expression of sucrose phosphate synthase

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-299

  Krause, K P ^a,b   Hill, L ^a,c   Reimholz, R ^a   Hamburg Nielsen, T ^a   Sonnewald, U ^b   Stitt, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antisense; Cold sweetening; Potato; Solanaceae; Solanum tuberosum; Sucrose; Sucrose phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GLUCAN; GLUCOSE; HEXOSE PHOSPHATE; SUCROSE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031802534     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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