Starch turnover: Pathways, regulation and role in growth

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 282-292

  Stitt, Mark ^a   Zeeman, Samuel C ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; STARCH; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84861696465     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.03.016     Document Type: Review

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