Distinct isoforms of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase occur inside and outside the amyloplasts in barley endosperm

Plant Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-250

  Thorbjørnsen, Tine ^a,b   Villand, Per ^a,c   Denyer, Kay ^b   Olsen, Odd Arne ^a   Smith, Alison M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030483916     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.10020243.x     Document Type: Review

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