Mutations affecting starch synthase III in Arabidopsis alter leaf starch structure and increase the rate of starch synthesis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 663-674

  Zhang, Xiaoli ^a   Myers, Alan M ^a   James, Martha G ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; POLYMERIZATION; RNA; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; MUTANTS; REGULATORY FUNCTION; TRANSIENT STARCH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE III, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT LEAF;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; STARCH;

EID: 26944490008     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.060319     Document Type: Review

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