Antisense repression of cytosolic phosphoglucomutase in potato (Solanum tuberosum) results in severe growth retardation, reduction in tuber number and altered carbon metabolism

Planta

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 510-520

  Fernie, Alisdair R ^a   Tauberger, Eva ^a   Lytovchenko, Anna ^a   Roessner, Ute ^a   Willmitzer, Lothar ^a   Trethewey, Richard N ^a,b  

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

^b Metanomics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytosol; Glycolysis; Phosphoglucomutase; Solanum (glycolysis); Starch; Tuber (glycolysis)

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; ENZYME KINETICS; GROWTH KINETICS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CYSTOLIC ACTIVITY; POTATO PLANTS; ROOT GROWTH; TUBER YIELD;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBOHYDRATES; ENZYMES; GROWTH; METABOLISM; PLANTS; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID; CARBON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; ISOENZYME; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; STARCH; SUCROSE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; UDPGLUCOSE PYROPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GLYCOLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSOL; DNA, ANTISENSE; GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOLYSIS; ISOENZYMES; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH; SUCROSE;

EID: 0036479391     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250100644     Document Type: Article

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