Decreasing the mitochondrial synthesis of malate in potato tubers does not affect plastidial starch synthesis, suggesting that the physiological regulation of ADpglucose pyrophosphorylase is context dependent

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2227-2238

  Szecowka, Marek ^a   Osorio, Sonia ^a   Obata, Toshihiro ^a   Araújo, Wagner L ^a,b   Rohrmann, Johannes ^a   Nunes Nesi, Adriano ^b   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

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EID: 84870817220     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.204826     Document Type: Article

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