Identification of the major starch synthase in the soluble fraction of potato tubers

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1121-1135

  Marshall, Jacqueline ^a   Sidebottom, Christopher ^b   Debet, Martine ^b   Martin, Cathie ^a   Smith, Alison M ^a   Edwards, Anne ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030198862     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.7.1121     Document Type: Article

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