Isolation and characterisation of an invertase cDNA from perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 903-911

  Johnson, Xenie ^a,b   Lidgett, Angela ^a   Chalmers, Jaye ^a   Guthridge, Kathryn ^a   Jones, Elizabeth ^a   Cummings, Nicholas ^a   Spangenberg, German ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Fructan exohydrolase; Fructan metabolism; Fructosyltransferase; Lolium perenne; Ryegrass; Vacuolar invertase; Water soluble carbohydrate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; GENES; PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0041426760     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-01130     Document Type: Article

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