The phenotype of soluble starch synthase IV defective mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana suggests a novel function of elongation enzymes in the control of starch granule formation

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 492-504

  Roldán, Isaac ^a   Wattebled, Fabrice ^b   Mercedes Lucas, M ^c   Delvallé, David ^b   Planchot, Veronique ^d   Jiménez, Sebastian ^a   Pérez, Ricardo ^e   Ball, Steven ^b   D'Hulst, Christophe ^b   Mérida, Ángel ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

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

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d INRA   (France)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Arabidopsis; Knock out mutant; Starch granule; Starch granule initiation; Starch synthase

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; MUTANTS; POLYSACCHARIDE STORAGE; STARCH SYNTHASE;

ENZYME KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; STARCH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MESSENGER RNA; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE; STARCH SYNTHASE IV, ARABIDOPSIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASTIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE;

ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 33846403747     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02968.x     Document Type: Article

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