Ultrastructure of low-glutelin rice endosperm

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-229

  Furukawa, Sachiko ^a   Itou, Mitsuaki ^b   Masumura, Takehiro ^b,c   Tanaka, Kunisuke ^b,d   Kiyokawa, Yoshifumi ^a   Wakai, Yoshinori ^a  

^a Kizakura Sake Brewing Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kyoto Prefectural Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology   (Japan)

^d Phytoculture Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low glutelin rice; Protein body; Sake brewing; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947492950     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.24.227     Document Type: Article

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