Characterization of a granule-bound starch synthase isoform found in the pericarp of wheat

Plant Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 451-459

  Nakamura, Toshiki ^a   Vrinten, Patricia ^a   Hayakawa, Kazuhiro ^b   Ikeda, Junichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^b NISSHIN SEIFUN GROUP INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; STARCH SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ISOENZYMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STARCH SYNTHASE; TRITICUM;

EID: 0032186436     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.118.2.451     Document Type: Article

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