Allocation of raffinose family oligosaccharides to transport and storage pools in Ajuga reptans: The roles of two distinct galactinol synthases

Plant Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-258

  Sprenger, Norbert ^a,b   Keller, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE STORAGE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GALACTINOL SYNTHASE; GALACTINOL; ISOFORM; MESOPHYLL; PHLOEM; PLANT MODEL; RAFFINOSE; STACHYOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; RAFFINOSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AJUGA REPTANS;

EID: 0034012982     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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