Sugar-mediated semidian oscillation of gene expression in the cassava storage root regulates starch synthesis

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 439-445

  Baguma, Yona ^a,b   Sun, Chuanxin ^b   Borén, Mats ^b   Olsson, Helena ^b   Rosenqvist, Sara ^b   Mutisya, Joel ^b,c   Rubaihayo, Patrick R ^d   Jansson, Christer ^b,e  

^a National Agricultural Research Organization   (Uganda)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassava; SBE; Semidian oscillation; Starch synthesis; Sugar signaling

Indexed keywords

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 46849093844     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.7.5715     Document Type: Article

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