Overexpression of arabidopsis hexokinase in tomato plants inhibits growth, reduces photosynthesis, and induces rapid senescence

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1253-1266

  Dai, Nir ^a   Schaffer, Arthur ^a   Petreikov, Marina ^a   Shahak, Yosepha ^a   Giller, Yuri ^a   Ratner, Kira ^b   Levine, Alex ^b   Granot, David ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXOKINASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0033165712     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.7.1253     Document Type: Article

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