Decreased expression of sucrose phosphate synthase strongly inhibits the water stress-induced synthesis of sucrose in growing potato tubers

Plant Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-129

  Geigenberger, Peter ^a   Reimholz, Ralph ^a   Deiting, Uta ^a   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

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Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; POTATO; SUCROSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SUCROSE; WATER STRESS; WILD RELATIVE;

EID: 0032821047     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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