A moderate decrease of plastid aldolase activity inhibits photosynthesis, alters the levels of sugars and starch, and inhibits growth of potato plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-157

  Haake, Volker ^a   Zrenner, Rita ^b   Sonnewald, Uwe ^b   Stitt, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 PHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTID; RIBULOSE 1,5 BISPHOSPHATE; SEDOHEPTULOSE 1,7 BISPHOSPHATASE;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOSOL; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0032052674     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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