Trehalose metabolism and signaling

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2008, Pages 417-441

  Paul, Matthew J ^a   Primavesi, Lucia F ^a   Jhurreea, Deveraj ^a   Zhang, Yuhua ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Nonreducing disaccharide; Sugar signal; Trehalose 6 phosphate

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDE; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; YEAST;

DISACCHARIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; YEASTS;

EID: 44949134981     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.59.032607.092945     Document Type: Review

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