The importance of maltose in transitory starch breakdown

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 353-366

  Lu, Yan ^a   Sharkey, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Day length; Maltose metabolism

Indexed keywords

BETA AMYLASE; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; STARCH;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAY LENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; STARCH;

CHLOROPLAST; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOSOL; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

BETA-AMYLASE; CHLOROPLASTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOSOL; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; PLANTS; STARCH; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33645027512     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01480.x     Document Type: Review

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