Engineering fructan metabolism in plants

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 811-820

  Ritsema, Tita ^a   Smeekens, Sjef C M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food; Fructosyltransferase; Health; Inulin; Invertase; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; SUBSTRATES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ENGINEERING CROPS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0043199429     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-01029     Document Type: Article

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