Expression of a cyanobacterial sucrose-phosphate synthase from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 in transgenic plants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 381, 2003, Pages 223-237

  Lunn, John E ^a   Gillespie, Vanessa J ^a   Furbank, Robert T ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Carbon partitioning; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.; Nicotiana tabacum L.; Oryza sativa L.; Photosynthesis; Rice; Sucrose phosphate synthase; Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803; Tobacco; Tomato

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHOSPHATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ORYZA SATIVA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803; TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037299503     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg023     Document Type: Article

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