Isolation and characterization of the three Waxy genes encoding the granule-bound starch synthase in hexaploid wheat

Gene

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-79

  Murai, J ^a   Taira, T ^a   Ohta, D ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylose synthase; GC content; Gene structure; Genomic nucleotide sequence; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

STARCH SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, INITIATOR; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYPLOIDY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STARCH SYNTHASE; TRITICUM;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033017582     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00178-X     Document Type: Article

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