Amyloplast formation in cultured-tobacco cells II: Effects of transcription/translation inhibitors on accumulation of starch

Cytologia

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-301

  Sakai, Atsushi ^a   Miyazawa, Yutaka ^a   Yashiro, Kumiko ^a,b   Suzuki, Takeshi ^a,c   Kawano, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KIKKOMAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloplast; BY 2; Nicotiana tabacum; Starch; Transcription translation inhibitors

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0030870709     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.62.295     Document Type: Article

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