Antisense inhibition of tomato fruit sucrose synthase decreases fruit setting and the sucrose unloading capacity of young fruit

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2407-2418

  D'Aoust, Marc André ^a   Yelle, Serge ^a   Nguyen Quoc, Binh ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE RNA; ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOWERING; FRUITING; GROWTH RATE; MATURATION; PROMOTER REGION; SUCROSE; SUCROSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0033377712     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.12.2407     Document Type: Article

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