Molecular cloning and characterization of granule bound starch synthase I cDNA from a grain amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus l.)

Breeding Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-360

  Park, Young Jun ^a   Nemoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Nishikawa, Tomotaro ^b   Matsushima, Kenichi ^a   Minami, Mineo ^a   Kawase, Makoto ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. cruentus; cDNA cloning; GBSSI; Grain amaranth; Starch

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 72449155628     PISSN: 13447610     EISSN: 13473735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.59.351     Document Type: Article

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