Isolation and molecular characterization of the arabidopsis TPS1 gene, encoding trehalose-6-phosphate synthase

Plant Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 685-689

  Blázquez, Miguel A ^a,c   Santos, Elisa ^b   Flores, Carmen Lisset ^a,d   Martínez Zapater, José M ^b   Salinas, Julio ^b   Gancedo, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032033441     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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