Sucrose synthase activity in the sus1/sus2/sus3/sus4 Arabidopsis mutant is sufficient to support normal cellulose and starch production

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 321-326

  Baroja Fernández, Edurne ^a   Muñoz, Francisco José ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Bahaji, Abdellatif ^a,b   Almagro, Goizeder ^a   Montero, Manuel ^a   Etxeberria, Ed ^c   Hidalgo, Maite ^a   Sesma, María Teresa ^a   Pozueta Romero, Javier ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Iden Biotechnology SL ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Sink strength

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; GLUCOSE; STARCH; SUCROSE SYNTHASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; ARABIDOPSIS; CELLULOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MUTATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; STARCH; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84862907757     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117099109     Document Type: Article

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