Identification of four starch-branching enzymes in barley endosperm: Partial purification of forms I, IIa and IIb

New Phytologist

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-222

  Sun, Chuanxin ^a   Sathish, P ^a   Ahlandsberg, Staffan ^a   Deiber, Anna ^a   Jansson, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Barley caryopses; Starch synthesis; Starch branching enzymes

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 0031412621     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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