Two distinct waxy alleles impact the granule-bound starch synthase in sorghum

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 349-359

  Sattler, Scott E ^a   Singh, Jaswinder ^b   Haas, Eric J ^c   Guo, Lining ^a,d   Sarath, Gautam ^a   Pedersen, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d METABOLON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Amylose; Granule bound starch synthase; Sorghum bicolor; Waxy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMYLOPECTINS; CYCLODEXTRINS; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; GRANULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS;

ACTIVITY RESULTS; AMYLOSE; DNA LESIONS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; GRANULE-BOUND STARCH SYNTHASE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) MOENCH; STARCH GRANULES; STARCH SYNTHASES; WAXY;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR;

EID: 70350523777     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-009-9296-5     Document Type: Article

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