Improving starch for food and industrial applications

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-218

  Jobling, Steve ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

glucan water dikinase; GBSS; Granule bound starch synthase; GWD; SBE; SS; Starch synthase; Starch branching enzyme

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; PHOSPHATE; STARCH;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOSPHATES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STARCH;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 1542380999     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2003.12.001     Document Type: Review

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