Sucrose to starch: A transition in molecular plant physiology

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-41

  Fernie, Alisdair R ^a   Willmitzer, Lothar ^a   Trethewey, Richard N ^b  

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

^b Metanomics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBON; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSIDASE; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; STARCH; SUCROSE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; UDPGLUCOSE PYROPHOSPHATASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CYTOSOL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; PLASTID; POTATO; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; CELL WALL; CYTOSOL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MITOCHONDRIA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH; SUCROSE;

EID: 0036007392     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(01)02183-5     Document Type: Review

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