Genetic evidence that the two isozymes of sucrose synthase present in developing maize endosperm are critical, one for cell wall integrity and the other for starch biosynthesis

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 88-96

  Chourey, P S ^a   Taliercio, E W ^a   Carlson, S J ^a   Ruan, Y L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose biosynthesis; Isozymes; Starch biosynthesis; Sucrose synthase; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PLANT DNA; STARCH; SUCROSE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STARCH; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031706068     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050792     Document Type: Article

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