Fruit carbohydrate metabolism in an introgression line of tomato with increased fruit soluble solids

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 425-437

  Baxter, Charles J ^a   Carrari, Fernando ^b   Bauke, Antje ^b   Overy, Sarah ^c   Hill, Steven A ^a,d   Quick, Paul W ^c   Fernie, Alisdair R ^b   Sweetlove, Lee J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d Dept Environ Food and Rural Aff   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoplastic invertase; Brix; Introgression; Tomato

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; STARCH; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SOLUBILITY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACIDS; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SOLUBILITY; STARCH; SUCROSE;

COLUMELLA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 17144402623     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci040     Document Type: Article

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