Production of very-high-amylose potato starch by inhibition of SBE A and B

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 551-554

  Schwall, Gerhard P ^a   Safford, Richard ^a   Westcott, Roger J ^a   Jeffcoat, Roger ^b   Tayal, Akash ^b   Shi, Yong Cheng ^b   Gidley, Michael J ^a   Jobling, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Biotechnology; Branching enzyme; Starch structure

Indexed keywords

1,4 ALPHA GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PHOSPHORUS; POTATO STARCH;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CROP; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

1,4-ALPHA-GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA, ANTISENSE; ISOENZYMES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034073873     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/75427     Document Type: Article

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