Overexpression of two different potato UDP-Glc 4-epimerases can increase the galactose content of potato tuber cell walls

Plant Science

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1097-1104

  Oomen, Ronald J F J ^a   Dao Thi, Bang ^a   Tzitzikas, Emmanouil N ^a   Bakx, Edwin J ^a   Schols, Henk A ^a   Visser, Richard G F ^a   Vincken, Jean Paul ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Overexpression; Solanum tuberosum; Transformation; UDP Glc 4 epimerase

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; DNA; GENES; GLUCOSE; RNA;

FLOWERS; POTATO TUBERS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 1542321136     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2003.12.033     Document Type: Article

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