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Enhancing vacuolar sucrose cleavage within the developing potato tuber has only minor effects on metabolism.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Feb 2006
Junker Bjoern H, Wuttke Rene, Nunes-Nesi Adriano, Steinhauser Dirk, Schauer Nicolas, Büssis Dirk, Willmitzer Lothar, Fernie Alisdair R
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Modification of tuber carbohydrate metabolism by the tuber-specific expression of a yeast invertase targeted to the cytosol or apoplast has previously been demonstrated to have diverse effects on tuber growth and metabolism. In the current study, we generated plants exhibiting tuber-specific expression of the same enzyme targeted to the vacuole. Enzymatic analysis of the carbohydrate levels of the tuber revealed...
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