Gene expression activity and pathway selection for sucrose metabolism in developing storage root of sweet potato

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 630-636

  Li, Xiu Qing ^a   Zhang, Dapeng ^b  

^a FREDERICTON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Dry matter; Expressed sequence tags; Root development; Source sink relationship; UDP glucose pyrophosphorylase

Indexed keywords

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMIC LIBRARY; GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; IPOMOEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; RNA, MESSENGER; STARCH; SUCROSE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0038642261     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg080     Document Type: Article

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