The dosage effect of the wildtype GBSS allele is linear for GBSS activity but not for amylose content: Absence of amylose has a distinct influence on the physico-chemical properties of starch

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-127

  Flipse, E ^a   Keetels, C J A M ^a   Jacobsen, E ^a   Visser, R G F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

amf mutant; Gene dosage; Granule bound starch synthase; Physico chemical properties; Solanum tuberosum

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0029808273     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00222961     Document Type: Article

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