Normal starch content and composition in tubers of antisense potato plants lacking D-enzyme (4-α-glucanotransferase)

Planta

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-451

  Takaha, Takeshi ^a,b   Critchley, Joanna ^a   Okada, Shigetaka ^b   Smith, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EZAKI GLICO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisense inhibition; D enzyme; Glucanotransferase; Solanum tuberosum; Starch metabolism

Indexed keywords

4ALPHA GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; ANTISENSE DNA; ANTISENSE GENE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031833364     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050342     Document Type: Article

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