The structure of starch can be manipulated by changing the expression levels of starch branching enzyme IIb in rice endosperm

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 507-516

  Tanaka, Naoki ^a   Fujita, Naoko ^b,c   Nishi, Aiko ^d   Satoh, Hikaru ^d   Hosaka, Yuko ^c   Ugaki, Masashi ^e   Kawasaki, Shinji ^a   Nakamura, Yasunori ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Endosperm; Starch; Starch branching enzyme; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 13444254113     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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