Three isoforms of starch synthase and two isoforms of branching enzyme are present in potato tuber starch

Plant Science

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 9-16

  Larsson, Clas Tomas ^a   Hofvander, Per ^a,b   Khoshnoodi, Jamshid ^a   Ek, Bo ^a   Rask, Lars ^a   Larsson, Håkan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Svalof Weibull AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Branching enzyme; Potato tuber; Solanum tuberosurn; Starch; Starch phosphorylase; Starch synthase

Indexed keywords

1,4 ALPHA GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; STARCH; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; POTATO;

SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030599939     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9452(96)04408-1     Document Type: Article

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