STARCH-EXCESS4 is a laforin-like phosphoglucan phosphatase required for starch degradation in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 334-346

  Kötting, Oliver ^a   Santelia, Diana ^a   Edner, Christoph ^b   Eicke, Simona ^a   Marthaler, Tina ^a   Gentry, Matthew S ^c   Comparot Moss, Sylviane ^d   Chen, Jychian ^e   Smith, Alison M ^d   Steup, Martin ^b   Ritte, Gerhard ^b,f   Zeeman, Samuel C ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^f Metanomics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 62549132079     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.064360     Document Type: Article

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