The genes encoding granule-bound starch synthases at the waxy loci of the A, B, and D progenitors of common wheat

Genome

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 264-272

  Yan, Liuling ^a   Bhave, Mrinal ^a   Fairclough, Robert ^a   Konik, Christine ^b   Rahman, Sadequr ^b   Appels, Rudi ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Granule bound starch synthase; Molecular evolution; Poaceae; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Triticeae; Triticum monococcum; Triticum speltoides; Triticum tauschii

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BARLEY; CDNA LIBRARY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA SCREENING; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GRANULE BOUND STARCH SYNTHASE; INTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRITICUM SPELTOIDES; WAXY GENE; WX TMA GENE; WX TSB GENE; WX TTD GENE;

AEGILOPS SPELTOIDES; AEGILOPS TAUSCHII; EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE; TRITICEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM; TRITICUM TAUSCHII;

EID: 0034088743     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g99-117     Document Type: Article

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