Combined expression of glucokinase and invertase in potato tubers leads to a dramatic reduction in starch accumulation and a stimulation of glycolysis

Plant Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-118

  Trethewey, Richard N ^a   Geigenberger, Peter ^b   Riedel, Kerstin ^a   Hajirezaei, Mohammad Reza ^c   Sonnewald, Uwe ^c   Stitt, Mark ^b   Riesmeier, Jörg W ^a   Willmitzer, Lothar ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; POTATO TUBER; STARCH; SUCROSE; TRANSGENE;

BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; GLUCOKINASE; GLYCOLYSIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH;

EID: 0031873436     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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