β-Amylase is predominantly localized to plastids in the developing tuberous root of sweet potato

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 581-588

  Qin, Ying ^a,b   Wang, Yi ^b   Duan, Chang Qing ^a   Zhang, Da Peng ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b International Potato Center   (China)

Author keywords

amylase; Hydrolysis starch; Plastid; Subcellular localization; Sweet potato; Tuberous root

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; ROOT VEGETABLE; TUBER;

IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0042855270     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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