Tissue-specific expression of two genes for sucrose synthase in carrot (Daucus carota L.)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 349-360

  Sturm, Arnd ^a   Lienhard, Susanne ^a   Schatt, Stephan ^a   Hardegger, Markus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Daucus carota; Starch accumulation; Sucrose partitioning; Sucrose synthase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT RESIDUE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CELLULOSE; DAUCUS CAROTA; DNA, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; RNA, PLANT; SUCROSE;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0033042751     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006199003756     Document Type: Article

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