Functional analysis of sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) and sucrose synthase (SS) in sugarcane (Saccharum) cultivars

Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-332

  Verma, A K ^a,b   Upadhyay, S K ^b   Verma, P C ^b   Solomon, S ^c   Singh, S B ^a  

^a UP Council of Sugarcane Research   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SUGARCANE RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hexose sugars; SPS; SS; Sucrose; Transcript expression

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT RNA; SUCROSE; SUCROSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; SUCROSE-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CULTIVAR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SUCROSE; SUGAR CANE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUGARCANE;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; SACCHARUM; SUCROSE;

SACCHARUM;

EID: 79751490336     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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