Sugars as signal molecules in plant seed development

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 937-944

  Wobus, Ulrich ^a   Weber, Hans ^a  

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

Author keywords

Glucose; Gradients; Metabolic regulation; Seed development; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; HEXOSE; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; LEGUME; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUGAR TRANSPORT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GLUCOSE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCROSE;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032883189     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.116     Document Type: Review

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