Biochemical characterization of the wheat waxy a protein and its effect on starch properties

Cereal Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 694-698

  Demeke, T ^a,c   Hucl, P ^b   Abdel Aal, E S M ^b   Baga M ^a   Chibbar, R N ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CYCLODEXTRINS; GELATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; GELATINISATION; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; KEY ENZYMES; STARCH PROPERTIES; WAXY WHEAT; WHEAT GRAINS; WHEAT STARCH; WILD TYPES;

STARCH;

PROTEIN; STARCH;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; FOOD ANALYSIS; GELATINIZATION; GRAIN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WHEAT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PHRAGMITES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032880533     PISSN: 00090352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/CCHEM.1999.76.5.694     Document Type: Article

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