Altering flux through the sucrose biosynthesis pathway in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana modifies photosynthetic acclimation at low temperatures and the development of freezing tolerance

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 523-535

  Strand, A ^a,c   Foyer, C H ^b   Gustafsson, P ^a   Gardestrom P ^a   Hurry, Vaughan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Carbon metabolism; Cold acclimation; Photosynthesis; Sucrose; Sucrose phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0242668363     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.00983.x     Document Type: Article

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