Starch metabolism in developing embryos of oilseed rape

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 480-487

  Da Silva, Paulo M F R ^a   Eastmond, Peter J ^a   Hill, Lionel M ^a   Smith, Alison M ^a   Rawsthorne, Stephen ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amylase (isoforms); Brassica (starch metabolism); Embryo (developing); Plastid; Starch (synthesis degradation); Starch phosphorylase (isoforms)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031448938     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050217     Document Type: Article

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