Function and characterization of starch synthase I using mutants in rice

Plant Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1070-1084

  Fujita, Naoko ^a,b   Yoshida, Mayumi ^a,b   Asakura, Noriko ^a   Ohdan, Takashi ^a,b   Miyao, Akio ^c   Hirochika, Hirohiko ^c   Nakamura, Yasunori ^a,b  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERIZATION; PROTEINS; STARCH;

AMYLOPECTIN CHAINS; GELATINIZATION TEMPERATURE; MUTANTS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

AMYLOPECTIN; ENDOSPERM; GLYCOGENS; POLYMERIZATION; RICE; STARCH;

ORYZA SATIVA;

AMYLOPECTIN; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RICE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALLELES; AMYLOPECTIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE;

EID: 33646943255     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.071845     Document Type: Article

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