Evidence that amylose synthesis occurs within the matrix of the starch granule in potato tubers

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 543-550

  Tatge, H ^a,b   Marshall, J ^a   Martin, C ^a   Edwards, E A ^a   Smith, Alison M ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PlantTec Biotechnologie GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Amylose; Potato tuber; Solanum tuberosum L. (potato); Starch granule; Starch synthase; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0033042291     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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