Regulation of sucrose to starch conversion in growing potato tubers

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 382, 2003, Pages 457-465

  Geigenberger, Peter ^a  

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

Author keywords

Nucleotides; Oxygen; Potato; Regulation; Starch synthesis; Sucrose; Sucrose degradation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); REDOX REACTIONS; RESPIRATORS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

POTATO TUBERS;

STARCH;

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OXYGEN; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE; SUCROSE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL RESPIRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; POTATO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

CELL RESPIRATION; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT STEMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE; SUCROSE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0037241320     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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