A mutant of arabidopsis lacking a chloroplastic isoamylase accumulates both starch and phytoglycogen

Plant Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1699-1711

  Zeeman, Samuel C ^a   Umemoto, Takayuki ^a,c   Lue, Wei Ling ^b   Au Yeung, Pui ^a   Martin, Cathie ^a   Smith, Alison M ^a   Chen, Jychian ^b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

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

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EID: 0032192047     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.10.1699     Document Type: Article

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