Modulation of fructokinase activity of potato (Solanum tuberosum) results in substantial shifts in tuber metabolism

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1103-1115

  Davies, Howard V ^a   Shepherd, Louise V T ^a   Burrell, Michael M ^b   Carrari, Fernando ^c   Urbanczyk Wochniak, Ewa ^c   Leisse, Andrea ^c   Hancock, Robert D ^a   Taylor, Mark ^a   Viola, Roberto ^a   Ross, Heather ^a   McRae, Diane ^a   Willmitzer, Lothar ^c   Fernie, Alisdair R ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Fructokinase; Glycolysis; Solanum tuberosum; Starch synthesis

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOKINASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TUBER; POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FRUCTOKINASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TUBERS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER (GENUS);

EID: 25444480484     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci123     Document Type: Article

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