Analysis of the sucrose synthase gene family in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 810-828

  Bieniawska, Zuzanna ^a,c   Paul Barratt, D H ^b,c   Garlick, Andrew P ^c   Thole, Vera ^b   Kruger, Nicholas J ^c   Martin, Cathie ^b   Zrenner, Rita ^a   Smith, Alison M ^b  

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

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Enzyme kinetics; Gene family; Plant mutant; Sucrose metabolism; Sucrose synthase

Indexed keywords

DNA; MUTAGENESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT MUTANT; SUCROSE METABOLISM; SUCROSE SYNTHASE;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; SUCROSE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE;

ANOXIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT;

ANOXIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; SUCROSE;

GENES; PLANTS; ROOTS; SUCROSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33847170211     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.03011.x     Document Type: Article

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