Trehalose metabolism: A regulatory role for trehalose-6-phosphate?

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-235

  Eastmond, Peter J ^b   Graham, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0037795760     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(03)00037-2     Document Type: Review

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