Inhibition of a ubiquitously expressed pectin methyl esterase in Solanum tuberosum L. affects plant growth, leaf growth polarity, and ion partitioning

Planta

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-40

  Pilling, J ^a   Willmitzer, L ^a   Bucking H ^b   Fisahn, J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense inhibition; Growth polarity; Ion distribution; Pectin methyl esterase; Solanum

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CLONING; ENZYME INHIBITION; GROWTH KINETICS; RNA; TISSUE;

PECTIN METHYL ESTERASE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBOXYLESTERASE; ION; PECTINESTERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; IONS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 2442572064     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1204-y     Document Type: Article

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