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The synthesis and transformation of the oligosaccharides in plants, including their hydrolysis

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Aufbau · Speicherung · Mobilisierung und Umbildung der Kohlenhydrate / Formation · Storage · Mobilization and Transformation of Carbohydrates

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Of all the oligosaccharid.es sucrose is the most significant because of its wide distribution and its important metabolic role in plants. This disaccharide is not only a major photosynthetic product of higher plants but is also one of the principal forms of carbohydrate storage and accumulation. There is evidence indicating that carbohydrates are largely transported within the plant as sucrose.

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  1. Institute of Plant Physiology, Royal Agricultural College, Uppsala 7, Sweden

    Börje Åberg (Professor of Plant Physiology and Anatomy) (Professor of Plant Physiology and Anatomy)

  2. Biology Department, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn 10, New York, USA

    Harry G. Albaum (Professor of Biology) (Professor of Biology)

  3. Botanisches Institut, Technischen Hochschule Stuttgart, Cannstatter Straße 212, Deutschland

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  4. Botany Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, S. Africa

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  5. Royal Holloway College, University of London, Englefield Green, Surrey, Great Britain

    E. J. Bourne (Professor of Chemistry) (Professor of Chemistry)

  6. Berlin-Frohnau, Forstweg 7, Deutschland

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  7. Mikrobiologisches Institut, Kgl. Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule, Uppsala 7, Sweden

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  8. Botanisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, Deutschland

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  11. The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

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  12. University of California, Berkeley, USA

    W. Z. Hassid (Professor of Plant Biochemistry) (Professor of Plant Biochemistry)

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  23. Subdept. of Plant biophysics, Botany Dept., The University, Leeds 2, Great Britain

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Hassid, W.Z. (1958). The synthesis and transformation of the oligosaccharides in plants, including their hydrolysis. In: Åberg, B., et al. Aufbau · Speicherung · Mobilisierung und Umbildung der Kohlenhydrate / Formation · Storage · Mobilization and Transformation of Carbohydrates. Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie / Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-94731-5_6

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