Inhibition of a starch-granule-bound protein leads to modified starch and repression of cold sweetening

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 473-477

  Lorberth, Ruth ^a,b   Ritte, Gerhard ^a,b   Willmitzer, Lothar ^a,b   Kossmann, Jens ^a,b  

^a Institut fur Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Agricultural biotechnology; Antisense; Metabolic engineering; Potato

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; STARCH;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCOGEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH;

EID: 0031921128     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0598-473     Document Type: Article

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