cDNA cloning, expression, and characterization of taro SSII: A novel member of starch synthase II family

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7958-7964

  Lin, Da Gin ^a   Jeang, Chii Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Characterization; Cloning; Expression; Starch synthase; Taro (Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STARCH SYNTHASE; STARCH SYNTHASE II; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLOCASIA; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TUBER; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLOCASIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT TUBERS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STARCH SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 27144463981     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf050882r     Document Type: Article

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