The isolation and characterization of Chaperonin 60 from sweet potato roots - Involvement of the chaperonins in starch biosynthesis

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-111

  Chang, Shih Chung ^a   Lin, Pei Chun ^a   Chen, Han Min ^a   Wu, Jiann Shing ^a   Juang, Rong Huay ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amyloplast; Anomalous cambium; Chaperonins; Histochemical methods; Ipomoea bataras; Starch biosynthesis; Starch phosphorylase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034016027     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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