Mutational analysis of the pullulanase-type debranching enzyme of maize indicates multiple functions in starch metabolism

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 666-680

  Dinges, Jason R ^a   Colleoni, Christophe ^a   James, Martha G ^a   Myers, Alan M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; STARCH;

MUTATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037341209     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.007575     Document Type: Article

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