Expression of a cassava granule-bound starch synthase gene in the amylose-free potato only partially restores amylose content

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1311-1318

  Salehuzzaman, Shah N I M ^a   Vincken, Jean Paul ^a   Van De Wal, Marion ^a   Straatman Engelen, Irma ^a   Jacobsen, Evert ^a   Visser, Richard G F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amylose; Granule bound starch synthase I; Heterologous expression; Solanum tuberosum

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMYLOSE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC COMPLEMENTATION; PLANT PRODUCT; POTATO; STARCH SYNTHASE I;

EID: 0032747441     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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