A 56-kDa protein is a novel granule-bound starch synthase existing in the pericarps, aleurone layers, and embryos of immature seed in diploid wheat (Triticum monococcum L.)

Planta

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-132

  Fujita, Naoko ^a,b   Taira, Tomoaki ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granule bound starch synthase; Immature seed; Seed protein (56 kDa); Starch synthase; Triticum; Waxy mutant

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMYLOSE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; DIPLOIDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; MUTANT; PLANT EMBRYOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STARCH SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOSE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM;

EID: 0032419443     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050464     Document Type: Article

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