Sucrose-starch conversion in heterotrophic tissues of plants

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 489-525

  Pozueta Romero, Javier ^a,f   Perata, Pierdomenico ^b   Akazawa, Takashi ^c,d,e  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Suzuka International University   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Ctro de Biotecnologia Agric Veg ^*  (Japan)

^f Ctro de Biotecnologia Agric Veg   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adenylate translocator; ADPGlc; ADPGlc pyrophosphorylase; Amyloplast; Cyclic turnover of starch; Phosphate translocator; Source sink; Starch biosynthesis; Sucrose synthase; Sucrose starch transition; Transgenic plants; UDPGlc pyrophosphorylase

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; HEXOKINASE; PLANT METABOLISM; PYROPHOSPHATE; STARCH SYNTHASE; STARCH; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; SUCROSE; URIDINE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

EID: 0032772985     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-2689(99)00381-0     Document Type: Review

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