Is trehalose-6-phosphate a regulator of sugar metabolism in plants?

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 382, 2003, Pages 533-537

  Eastmond, Peter J ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Graham, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Trehalose; Trehalose 6 phosphate; Trehalose 6 phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

PRECISE FUNCTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; TREHALOSE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; SUGAR PHOSPHATES; TREHALOSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037243170     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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