Control of starch branching in barley defined through differential RNAi suppression of starch branching enzyme IIa and IIb

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1469-1482

  Regina, Ahmed ^a   Kosar Hashemi, Behjat ^a   Ling, Samuel ^a   Li, Zhongyi ^a   Rahman, Sadequr ^a   Morell, Matthew ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 ALPHA GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

1,4-ALPHA-GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HORDEUM; MICROSCOPY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77949409276     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq011     Document Type: Article

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