Antisense inhibition of isoamylase alters the structure of amylopectin and the physicochemical properties of starch in rice endosperm

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 607-618

  Fujita, Naoko ^a,b   Kubo, Akiko ^a,b   Suh, Dong Soon ^c   Wong, Kit Sum ^c   Jane, Jay Lin ^c   Ozawa, Kenjiro ^d   Takaiwa, Fumio ^d   Inaba, Yumiko ^d   Nakamura, Yasunori ^a,b  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Isoamylase; Phytoglycogen; Pullulanase; Rice; Starch

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPECTIN; DOWN-REGULATION; GELS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCANS; ISOAMYLASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; ORYZA SATIVA; SOLUBILITY; STARCH; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0038303343     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg079     Document Type: Article

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