Inhibition of the expression of the starch synthase II gene leads to lower pasting temperature in sweetpotato starch

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 535-543

  Takahata, Yasuhiro ^a   Tanaka, Masaru ^a   Otani, Motoyasu ^b   Katayama, Kenji ^a   Kitahara, Kanefumi ^c   Nakayachi, Osamu ^b   Nakayama, Hiroki ^a   Yoshinaga, Masaru ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylopectin chain length; Ipomoea batatas; Pasting temperature; Starch synthase; Sweetpotato; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPECTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOENZYME; PLANT RNA; STARCH SYNTHASE; STARCH SYNTHASE II; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT TUBER; SWEET POTATO; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMYLOPECTIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IPOMOEA BATATAS; ISOENZYMES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT TUBERS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STARCH SYNTHASE; TEMPERATURE;

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 77952425388     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0842-8     Document Type: Article

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