Arabidopsis trehalose-6-phosphate synthase 1 is essential for normal vegetative growth and transition to flowering

Plant Physiology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 969-977

  Van Dijken, Anja J H ^a   Schluepmann, Henriette ^a   Smeekens, Sjef C M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; PHOSPHATES; YEAST;

ANGIOSPERMS; TREHALOSE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA;

EID: 3042581413     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.039743     Document Type: Article

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