Production of tailor-made fructans in sugar beet by expression of onion fructosyltransferase genes

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 321-327

  Weyens, Guy ^a   Ritsema, Tita ^b   Van Dun, Kees ^a,d   Meyer, Diederick ^c   Lommel, Murielle ^a   Lathouwers, Jean ^a   Rosquin, Inge ^a   Denys, Pascale ^a   Tossens, Alain ^a   Nijs, Marleen ^a   Turk, Stefan ^b   Gerrits, Nathalie ^b   Bink, Sjak ^c   Walraven, Bas ^c   Lefèbvre, Marc ^a   Smeekens, Sjef ^b  

^a SES Europe NV/SA   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Sensus   (Netherlands)

^d Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Fructan; Fructosyltransferase; Inulin neo series; Onion; Sugar beet

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CICHORIUM INTYBUS;

EID: 19944432139     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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