The synthesis of the starch granule

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 48, Issue , 1997, Pages 67-87

  Smith, A M ^a   Denyer, K ^a   Martin, C ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adpglucose pyrophosphorylase; Amylopectin; Amylose; Starch synthase; Starch branching enzyme

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348140832     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.48.1.67     Document Type: Article

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