Understanding and influencing starch biochemistry

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 141-196

  Kossmann, Jens ^a   Lloyd, James ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Amylose; And degradtion); Biotechnology; Phosphorylation; Starch (structure; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; STARCH; SUCROSE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CEREAL; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; BETA-AMYLASE; GLYCOGEN DEBRANCHING ENZYME SYSTEM; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; PHOSPHORYLASES; PLANTS; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0033940474     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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