Granule-bound starch synthase: Structure, function, and phylogenetic utility

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1658-1673

  Mason Gamer, Roberta J ^a,b   Weil, Clifford F ^a   Kellogg, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gramineae; Likelihood models; Plant molecular phylogenetics; Poaceae; Secondary protein structure; Starch synthase; Waxy

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0031796608     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025893     Document Type: Article

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