Some properties of starch debranching enzymes and their possible role in amylopectin biosynthesis

Plant Science

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-18

  Nakamura, Yasunori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Isoamylase; Pullulanase; R enzyme; Starch; Starch debranching enzyme; Sugary mutant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002056409     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04504-9     Document Type: Review

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