Isolation, characterization and expression analysis of a starch branching enzyme II cDNA from wheat

Plant Science

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-163

  Nair, Ramesh B ^a,b   Båga, Monica ^a   Scoles, Graham J ^b   Kartha, Kutty K ^a   Chibbar, Ravindra N ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

cDNA; Gene expression; Starch branching enzyme; Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Indexed keywords

1,4 ALPHA GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; STARCH;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; RNA TRANSLATION; WHEAT;

EID: 0031588790     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04543-8     Document Type: Article

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