The Arabidopsis sweetie mutant is affected in carbohydrate metabolism and defective in the control of growth, development and senescence

Plant Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 665-686

  Veyres, Nicolas ^a   Danon, Antoine ^a   Aono, Mitsuko ^b   Galliot, Sonia ^a   Karibasappa, Yashoda Byrappa ^a   Diet, Anouck ^a,c   Grandmottet, François ^a   Tamaoki, Masanori ^b   Lesur, David ^a   Pilard, Serge ^a   Boitel Conti, Michèle ^a   Sangwan Norreel, Brigitte S ^a   Sangwan, Rajbir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Growth and development; Starch; Sweetie; Trehalose; Trehalose 6 phosphate

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 49249105137     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03541.x     Document Type: Article

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