Engineering plants for elevated CO2: A relationship between starch degradation and sugar sensing

Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 280-288

  Sharkey, T D ^a   Laporte, M ^b   Lu, Y ^a   Weise, S ^a   Weber, A P M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic engineering; Maltose metabolism; Photosynthesis; Starch breakdown; Sugar sensing

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; STARCH; SUCROSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SUCROSE-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGRADATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STARCH;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHLOROPLAST; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPLASTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; STARCH;

EID: 2642554121     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-817911     Document Type: Review

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