Salinity induces carbohydrate accumulation and sugar-regulated starch biosynthetic genes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv. 'Micro-Tom') fruits in an ABA-and osmotic stress-independent manner

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 563-574

  Yin, Yong Gen ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshie ^a   Sanuki, Atsuko ^a   Kondo, Satoru ^b   Fukuda, Naoya ^a   Ezura, Hiroshi ^a   Sugaya, Sumiko ^a   Matsukura, Chiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C accumulation; Abscisic acid; ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase; Salinity stress; Solanum lycopersicum; Starch biosynthesis; Sucrose transport; Sugar accumulation; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TOMATO;

ABSCISIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 74249096388     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp333     Document Type: Article

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