Enzymatic control of the accumulation of verbascose in pea seeds

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1385-1391

  Peterbauer, T ^a   Karner, U ^a   Mucha, J ^b   Mach, L ^b   Jones, D A ^c   Hedley, C L ^c   Richter, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Galactinol; Pisum sativum; Raffinose family oligosaccharides; Seeds; Stachyose synthase; Verbascose

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0043234393     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0016-8025.2003.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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