Invertase in leaves: Conundrum or control point?

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 335, 1999, Pages 735-743

  Kingston Smith, Alison H ^a   Walker, Robert P ^b   Pollock, Christopher J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compartmentation; Invertase; Leaves; Regulation; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033053407     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.335.735     Document Type: Review

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