Article
Antisense repression of vacuolar and cell wall invertase in transgenic carrot alters early plant development and sucrose partitioning.
The Plant cell - 1 Feb 1999
Tang G Q, Lüscher M, Sturm A
Abstract excerpt
To unravel the functions of cell wall and vacuolar invertases in carrot, we used an antisense technique to generate transgenic carrot plants with reduced enzyme activity. Phenotypic alterations appeared at very early stages of development; indeed, the morphology of cotyledon-stage embryos was mar...
Topics
- Cell Wall
- Daucus carota
- Glycoside Hydrolases
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense
- Phenotype
- Plant Leaves
- Plant Roots
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Sucrose
- Vacuoles
- beta-Fructofuranosidase