Changes in structure of starch and enzyme activities affected by sugary mutations in developing rice endosperm. Possible role of starch debranching enzyme (R-enzyme) in amylopectin biosynthesis

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 491-498

  Nakamura, Yasunori ^a   Umemoto, Takayuki ^b   Takahata, Yasuhiro ^c   Komae, Kozo ^d   Amano, Etsuo ^a   Satoh, Hikaru ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Oryza sativa; phytoglycogen; rice endosperm; starch; starch debranching enzyme; sugary mutant

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0030513412     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1996.970311.x     Document Type: Article

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