Expression of Escherichia coli branching enzyme in tubers of amylose-free transgenic potato leads to an increased branching degree of the amylopectin

Plant Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-90

  Kortstee, Anne J ^a   Vermeesch, Angela M S ^a   De Vries, Beja J ^a   Jacobsen, Evert ^a   Visser, Richard G F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030186846     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.10010083.x     Document Type: Article

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