Inulin metabolism in dicots: Chicory as a model system

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 803-813

  Van Laere, A ^a   Van den Ende, Win ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

1 FEH; 1 FFT; 1 SST; Biosynthesis; Cichorium intybus; Degradation; Fructan; Fructosyltransferase; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM;

CICHORIUM; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0036091908     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2002.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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