Trafficking of starch synthase from the cytosol to functional sites in younger and older proplastids in developing stolons of potato

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 310-318

  Sagisaka, Shonosuke ^a,b   Akita, Tomoko ^a,c   Akase, Tomohisa ^a,d   Matsumoto, Keiko ^a   Nozaki, Koichi ^a   Matsui, Hirokazu ^a   Ito, Hiroyuki ^a   Honma, Mamoru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute for Plant Cytochemistry   (Japan)

^c Clontech Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d MITSUI CHEMICALS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Potato stolon; Proplastid; Solanum tuberosum L.; Starch synthase (location); Starch synthase precursor (accumulation)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032918457     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(99)80173-4     Document Type: Article

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