Soluble starch synthase I: A major determinant for the synthesis of amylopectin in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves

Plant Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 398-412

  Delvallé, David ^a   Dumez, Sylvain ^a   Wattebled, Fabrice ^a   Roldán, Isaac ^b   Planchot, Véronique ^c   Berbezy, Pierre ^d   Colonna, Paul ^c   Vyas, Darshna ^d   Chatterjee, Manash ^d,e   Ball, Steven ^a   Mérida, Ángel ^b   D'Hulst, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d Biogemma UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

glucan; Amylopectin structure; Arabidopsis; Starch; Starch synthase

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHARACTERIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); REACTION KINETICS; STARCH;

PLANT KINGDOM; STRUCTURAL ALTERATION; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

ENZYMES;

AMYLOPECTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STARCH SYNTHASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMYLOPECTIN; ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STARCH SYNTHASE;

AMYLOPECTIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; PLANTS; REACTION KINETICS; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; VIRIDIPLANTAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27644567790     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02462.x     Document Type: Article

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