Cassava starch biosynthesis: New avenues for modifying starch quantity and quality

Euphytica

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-75

  Munyikwa, T R I ^a   Langeveld, S ^a   Salehuzzaman, S N I M ^a   Jacobsen, E ^a   Visser, R G F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase; Branching enzyme; Cassava; Granule bound starch synthase; Manihot esculenta; Starch

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030812386     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002935603412     Document Type: Article

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