Vacuolar invertases in sweet potato: Molecular cloning, characterization, and analysis of gene expression

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3672-3678

  Wang, Li Ting ^a   Wang, Ai Yu ^a   Hsieh, Chang Wen ^a   Chen, Chih Y U ^a   Sung, Hsien Yl ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CDNA; Gene expression; Plchia pastoris; Recombinant invertase; Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas); Vacuolar Invertase

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TUBER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SWEET POTATO; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TUBERS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VACUOLES;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; PICHIA PASTORIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 19944421781     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0480851     Document Type: Article

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