Simultaneous antagonistic modulation of enzyme activities in transgenic plants through the expression of a chimeric transcript

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 825-830

  Fernie, Alisdair R ^a   Roessner, Ute ^a   Leisse, Andrea ^a   Lubeck, Jens ^a   Trethewey, Richard N ^b   Willmitzer, Lothar ^c  

^a Breeding Station Windeby   (Germany)

^b 10589 Berlin Germany   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

(Anti)sense; ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase; Double construct; Overexpression; Solanum tuberosum; Fructosidase

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BETA FRUCTOSIDASE; BINARY VECTOR; CHIMERISM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034780458     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(01)01312-2     Document Type: Article

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