Tailor-made fructan synthesis in plants: A review

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-56

  Van Arkel, Jeroen ^a   Sévenier, Robert ^a,b   Hakkert, Johanna C ^a   Bouwmeester, Harro J ^a   Koops, Andries J ^a   Van Der Meer, Ingrid M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KEYGENE N V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fructan; Fructosyltransferase; Genetic modification; Plant; Review

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE RESERVES; FRUCTANS; FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; PLANT; PLANT PERFORMANCE; POLYMER LENGTH; PRODUCTION OF;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERS; REVIEWS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR BEETS;

CROPS;

FRUCTAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INULIN; SUCROSE - FRUCTAN 6-FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUCROSE FRUCTAN 6 FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADAPTATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHICORY; COLD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETICS; PLANT GENE; SUNFLOWER; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHICORY; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FRUCTANS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; HELIANTHUS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; INULIN; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CICHORIUM INTYBUS;

EID: 84874661302     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.02.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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