Elevated sucrose-phosphate synthase activity in transgenic tobacco sustains photosynthesis in older leaves and alters development

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 389, 2003, Pages 1813-1820

  Baxter, Charles J ^a,c   Foyer, Christine H ^b   Turner, Janice ^b   Rolfe, Stephen A ^a   Quick, W Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon partitioning; Flowering; Photosynthesis; Plant development; Sucrose phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TOBACCO;

PLANT LEAVES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUCROSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SUCROSE-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

AGING; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGING; CARBOHYDRATES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO; ZEA MAYS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0042706198     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg196     Document Type: Article

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