Fructan metabolism in developing wheat (triticum aestivum l.) kernels

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2047-2057

  Verspreet, Joran ^a   Cimini, Sara ^b   Vergauwen, Rudy ^c   Dornez, Emmie ^a   Locato, Vittoria ^b   Le Roy, Katrien ^c   De Gara, Laura ^b   Van Den Ende, Wim ^c   Delcour, Jan A ^a   Courtin, Christophe M ^a  

^a LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Fructans; Kernel development; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; FRUCTAN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KERNEL DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WHEAT;

ENZYMES; FRUCTANS; KERNEL DEVELOPMENT; WHEAT;

FRUCTANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; TRITICUM;

EID: 84890529583     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct144     Document Type: Article

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