A possible role for pyrophosphate in the coordination of cytosolic and plastidial carbon metabolism within the potato tuber

Plant Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 681-688

  Farré, Eva M ^b   Geigenberger, Peter ^c   Willmitzer, Lothar ^b   Trethewey, Richard N ^a,b  

^a 10589 Berlin Germany   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CELL METABOLISM; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; METABOLIC REGULATION; PLASTID; PYROPHOSPHATE; REACTION MECHANISM; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TUBER;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034048034     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.123.2.681     Document Type: Article

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