Reduced Expression of Aconitase Results in an Enhanced Rate of Photosynthesis and Marked Shifts in Carbon Partitioning in Illuminated Leaves of Wild Species Tomato

Plant Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1322-1335

  Carrari, Fernando ^a   Nunes Nesi, Adriano ^a   Gibon, Yves ^a   Lytovchenko, Anna ^a   Loureiro, Marcelo Ehlers ^b   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; FRUITS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS;

WILD SPECIES TOMATO;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON PENNELLII;

EID: 0344530381     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.026716     Document Type: Article

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