Ectopic expression of a tobacco invertase inhibitor homolog prevents cold-induced sweetening of potato tubers

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 708-711

  Greiner, Steffen ^a   Rausch, Thomas ^a   Sonnewald, Uwe ^b   Herbers, Karin ^b  

^a INF 360   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Cold sweetening; Invertase inhibitor; Potato; Vacuolar invertase

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HEXOSE; STARCH; SUCROSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STORAGE; SWEETNESS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HEXOSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, TOXIC; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VACUOLES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032978016     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/10924     Document Type: Article

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