Sucrose synthase controls both intracellular ADP glucose levels and transitory starch biosynthesis in source leaves

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1366-1376

  Muñoz, Francisco José ^a   Baroja Fernández, Edurne ^a   Morán Zorzano, María Teresa ^a   Viale, Alejandro Miguel ^a   Etxeberria, Ed ^b   Alonso Casajús, Nora ^a   Pozueta Romero, Javier ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADPglucose; Arabidopsis thaliana; Solanum tuberosum; Starch; Sucrose; Sucrose synthase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; ADP GLUCOSE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE, ARABIDOPSIS; ADP-GLUCOSE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; STARCH; SUCROSE SYNTHASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; POTATO;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PLANT LEAVES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 24044448229     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci148     Document Type: Article

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