Reduced amino acid content in transgenic potato tubers due to antisense inhibition of the leaf H+/amino acid symporter StAAP1

Plant Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-220

  Koch, Wolfgang ^a   Kwart, Marion ^b   Laubner, Marion ^c   Heineke, Dieter ^c   Stransky, Harald ^a   Frommer, Wolf B ^a   Tegeder, Mechthild ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid transport; Antisense repression; Long distance transport; Nitrogen partitioning; Solanum tuberosum

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

TRANSGENIC POTATO TUBERS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0346668246     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01618.x     Document Type: Article

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