Carbon partitioning and export in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana with altered capacity for sucrose synthesis grown at low temperature: A role for metabolite transporters

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1703-1714

  Lundmark, Maria ^a   Cavaco, Ana M ^a,b   Trevanion, Stephen ^c,d   Hurry, Vaughan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Cold acclimation; Frost tolerance; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; KAIA PROTEIN, CYANOBACTERIA; STARCH; SUCROSE;

CARBON; GENE EXPRESSION; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLITE; PARTITIONING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUCROSE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STARCH; SUCROSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33746494906     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01543.x     Document Type: Article

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